Pleonasm

[pli:әnæzm]

解释:

(noun.) using more words than necessary; 'a tiny little child'.

编辑:迈尔斯--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.

录入:弗农

同义词及近义词：

n. Redundancy, diffuseness, tautology, redundant expression.

校对:罗伯特

解释:

n. use of more words than are necessary: (rhet.) a redundant expression.—n. Plē′onast one who is given to pleonasm.—adjs. Pleonas′tic -al redundant: using too many words.—adv. Pleonas′tically.

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