Zeugma

[zju:gmә]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one; '`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma'.

校對:凯尔西--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, "hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;" where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.

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解釋/意思:

n. (gram.) a figure by which an adjective or verb which agrees with a nearer word is by way of supplement referred also to another more remote whether grammatically corresponding or not.—adj. Zeugmat′ic.

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