Misnomer
[mɪs'nəʊmə] or [,mɪs'nomɚ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title.
(v. t.) To misname.
錄入:特丽萨
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. (Law.) Misnaming, mistaking of the true name (of a person).[2]. Wrong name, inapplicable title.
尤金校對
解釋/意思:
n. a misnaming: a wrong name.
編輯:耶鲁
例句/造句/用法:
- The term storage, as applied to this species of battery, is, however, a misnomer, and has been the cause of much misunderstanding to nontechnical persons. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The advertised title of the expedition--The Grand Holy Land Pleasure Excursion --was a misnomer. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- For once, her title was a misnomer. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
校對:贾斯廷