oxymoron
/ok-si-mawr-on, -mohr-/US // ˌɒk sɪˈmɔr ɒn, -ˈmoʊr- //UK // (ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn) //
悖论,逆喻,逆向思维,逆喻法
Related Words
allegory寓言故事,寓言,寓意,比喻allusion典故,暗喻,押韵analogy类比,比方说,比喻,比拟anticlimax反高潮,反高潮期,反高潮部分,反高潮期的antithesis对立面,对立统一,对偶,反义词bathos浴场,浴缸,浴池,浴盆comparison比较,比较法conceit构想,构思,观念,自负device设备,装置euphemism委婉语,委婉的说法,委婉说法,委婉语气euphuism安乐主义,安乐死主义,安乐死,安乐窝exaggeration夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸大之词expression表情,表现,表达方式,表达flourish兴旺,兴旺发达,兴盛,兴起flower花,花卉,花朵,花儿hyperbole夸夸其谈,夸大其词,夸夸其谈的说法,夸夸其谈的话语image形象,图像,影像,画面imagery图像,意象,影像,想象力irony反语,反话,反语法,讽刺metaphor比喻,比拟,比方说,比喻性
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural ox·y·mo·ra [ok-si-mawr-uh, -mohr-uh], /ˌɒk sɪˈmɔr ə, -ˈmoʊr ə/, ox·y·mor·ons.Rhetoric.
- : a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”
Synonyms & Antonyms
as infigure of speech
Synonyms
adumbration鸣金收兵,鸣锣开道,鸣谢,鸣笛allegory寓言故事,寓言,寓意,比喻alliteration典故,拟声词,牵强附会,押韵allusion典故,暗喻,押韵analogue类比,模拟,类比的,模拟法analogy类比,比方说,比喻,比拟anaphora拟态,隐喻,隐喻法,隐喻性anticlimax反高潮,反高潮期,反高潮部分,反高潮期的antistrophe对立面,对立统一,对立派,对立面的antithesis对立面,对立统一,对偶,反义词aposiopesis吐血症,吐真剂,吐血事件,吐痰apostrophe撇号,省略号,撇去,撇开不谈asyndeton阿斯德顿,芦苇荡bathos浴场,浴缸,浴池,浴盆communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device非字面意思的交流；文体手段comparison比较,比较法conceit构想,构思,观念,自负device设备,装置echoism回声主义,呼应主义,回响主义,回音壁ellipsis省略号,省略语,节略号,节选euphemism委婉语,委婉的说法,委婉说法,委婉语气euphuism安乐主义,安乐死主义,安乐死,安乐窝exaggeration夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸大之词expression表情,表现,表达方式,表达flourish兴旺,兴旺发达,兴盛,兴起flower花,花卉,花朵,花儿hyperbole夸夸其谈,夸大其词,夸夸其谈的说法,夸夸其谈的话语image形象,图像,影像,画面imagery图像,意象,影像,想象力irony反语,反话,反语法,讽刺litotes锂电,锂元素,锂离子电池,锂电产品malapropism恶语伤人,错别字,恶搞manner of speaking语气,语气词,口气,说话方式metaphor比喻,比拟,比方说,比喻性metonymy换词法,换词,换言之,换句话说onomatopoeia拟声词,象声词,拟音词,拟声法ornament装饰品,饰物,饰品,装饰物parable比喻,比方说,比拟paradox悖论,矛盾,悖谬,佯谬parallel平行,平行的,平行线,纬度personification拟人,拟人化,化身,拟态proteron蚖虫,蚖蛇,蚖鱼,蚖狗rhetoric修辞学,言辞,修辞,辞令sarcasm冷嘲热讽,冷笑话,讽刺,讽刺的是satire讽刺,讽刺文学,讽刺诗,讽刺意味simile譬喻说,譬喻,比喻,譬如synecdoche同义词,同义字,同位素,同义反复trope特例,特异功能,特异性,特效tropology热带学,热带生物学,热带地区,热带雨林turn of phrase措辞,措辞的变化,措词,转折点understatement低调的说法,低调,轻描淡写,轻描淡写地说way of speaking说法,说话方式,讲话方式,语气
Examples
Her own lawyer has called her a high-functioning conservatee, which conservatorship experts have noted is an oxymoron in the conservatorship system.
The very notion that we should have come together was an oxymoron.
Before you protest that the phrase is an oxymoron, remember that we’re in the midst of a pandemic whose scope we couldn’t have imagined a little over a year ago.
Among scientists, scientific certainty is an oxymoron and the bar for even approaching certainty is extremely high.
Being a progressive safety first marketer shouldn’t be an oxymoron in the current climate — but it is.
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