catachresis

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catachresis词义

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n. 用词不当；词形更改；修辞手法生硬而自相矛盾的误用


catachresis英文词源

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catachresis (n.)
1580s, from Latin catachresis, from Greek katakhresis "misuse" (of a word), from katakhresthai "to misuse," from kata- "down" (here with a sense of "perversion;" see cata-) + khresthai "to use" (see hortatory). Related: Catachrestic; catachrestical; catachrestically.