oxymoron / ˌɒk sɪˈmɔr ɒn, -ˈmoʊr- /

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oxymoron 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural ox·y·mo·ra [ok-si-mawr-uh, -mohr-uh], /ˌɒk sɪˈmɔr ə, -ˈmoʊr ə/, ox·y·mor·ons.Rhetoric.

  1. a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”

oxymoron 近义词

oxymoron

等同于 figure of speech

更多oxymoron例句

  1. Her own lawyer has called her a high-functioning conservatee, which conservatorship experts have noted is an oxymoron in the conservatorship system.
  2. The very notion that we should have come together was an oxymoron.
  3. 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.
  4. Among scientists, scientific certainty is an oxymoron and the bar for even approaching certainty is extremely high.
  5. Being a progressive safety first marketer shouldn’t be an oxymoron in the current climate — but it is.