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synecdoche

/si-nek-duh-kee/US // sɪˈnɛk də ki //UK // (sɪnˈɛkdəkɪ) //

同义词,同义字,同位素,同义反复

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
  1. 1

    Rhetoric.

    • : a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.

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oxymoron悖论,逆喻,逆向思维,逆喻法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

  • They became a synecdoche for the woman herself: conservative, intimidating, feminine.

  • Reddit is a synecdoche for the Internet: a set of tools for sharing and organizing content.

  • Sex appeal,” Levy writes, “has become a synecdoche of all appeal.

  • After Synecdoche, it will be impossible not to take notice of her talent.

  • Synecdoche puts a part for the whole, or a whole for the part; as, "The harbor was crowded with masts."

  • Blind mouths: 'mouths' is used, by synecdoche, for gluttons, as the five preceding verses show.

  • Synecdoche is a species of metonymy, and has the same effect of giving vividness.

  • When this relation is that of a part to the whole or of the whole to a part, the figure is synecdoche.

  • The synecdoche, in which a part is put for the whole, as the sword for war, is in its nature essentially a metonymy.

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