synecdoche / sɪˈnɛk də ki /

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synecdoche 的定义

n. 名词 noun

Rhetoric.

  1. 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.

synecdoche 近义词

synecdoche

等同于 figure of speech

更多synecdoche例句

  1. They became a synecdoche for the woman herself: conservative, intimidating, feminine.
  2. Reddit is a synecdoche for the Internet: a set of tools for sharing and organizing content.
  3. Sex appeal,” Levy writes, “has become a synecdoche of all appeal.
  4. After Synecdoche, it will be impossible not to take notice of her talent.
  5. Synecdoche puts a part for the whole, or a whole for the part; as, "The harbor was crowded with masts."
  6. Blind mouths: 'mouths' is used, by synecdoche, for gluttons, as the five preceding verses show.
  7. Synecdoche is a species of metonymy, and has the same effect of giving vividness.
  8. When this relation is that of a part to the whole or of the whole to a part, the figure is synecdoche.
  9. The synecdoche, in which a part is put for the whole, as the sword for war, is in its nature essentially a metonymy.