Paronomasia

[,pærәnәu'meiʒiә]

解釋/意思:

(n.) A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning.

手打:莉莎

解釋/意思:

n. a rhetorical figure in which words similar in sound but different in meaning are set in opposition to each other: a play upon words—also Paronom′asy.—adjs. Paronomas′tic -al.—ns. Par′onyme Par′onym a paronymous word—opp. to Homonym.—adj. Paron′ymous formed by a slight change of word or name: derived from the same root: having the same sound but different in spelling and meaning.—n. Paron′ymy quality of being paronymous.

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