| 单词 | oxymoron |
| 释义 | oxymoron —oxymoronic /ok'see meuh ron"ik/, adj. /ok'si mawr"on, -mohr"-/, n. , pl. oxymora /-mawr"euh, -mohr"euh/. Rhet. a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in "cruel kindness" or "to make haste slowly." [1650-60; < LL oxymorum < presumed Gk *oxýmoron, neut. of *oxýmoros sharp-dull, equiv. to oxý(s) sharp (see OXY-1) + morós dull (see MORON)] |
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