| 单词 |
metonym |
| 释义 |
metonym|ˈmɛtənɪm| [ad. assumed Gr. *µετώνυµον: see metonymy and cf. paronym.] A word used in a transferred sense. In quot. 1837–8 misused (? misprinted) for metonymy.
1837–8Sir W. Hamilton Logic xxxiii. (1860) II. 177 The term testimony, I may notice, is sometimes, by an abusive metonym employed for witness. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. liv. (1865) VI. 434 Tertullian and Lactantius explain this word as a metonym for Christ, signifying just or good. |

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