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catachresis

英 /ˌkætəˈkriːsɪs/
  • n.
    用词不当；词形更改；修辞手法生硬而自相矛盾的误用
复数catachreses

双语例句

  1. Please point out my mistakes and catachresis above. Thanks.
    我的英文有错误的，用词不好的请帮忙指出来，谢谢。
  2. It has an element of what's called catachresis in it and therefore in a certain sense as we read the sentence necessarily undermines the sentence's grammatical structure.
    这其中包含着一种叫词语误用的因素，因此，从某种意义上讲，当我们读语句时，必然会削弱句子的语法结构。

网络短语

  • catachresis in groups
    群体性误用

同义词

n.
misnomer
用词不当；词形更改；修辞手法生硬而自相矛盾的误用

英英释义

  • n.strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')

词源

  • catachresis
    From Latin catachrēsis, from Ancient Greek κατάχρησις ‎(katákhrēsis, “misuse (of a word)”), from καταχρῆσθαι ‎(katakhrêsthai, “to misuse”), from κατά ‎(katá, “against”) + χρῆσθαι ‎(khrêsthai, “to use”), from καταχράομαι ‎(katakhráomai, “I misuse”), from κατά ‎(katá, “wastefully”) + χράω ‎(khráō, “I use”).