1560s, from French métonymie (16c.) and directly from Late Latin metonymia, from Greek metonymia, literally "a change of name," related to metonomazein "to call by a new name; to take a new name," from meta- "change" (see meta-) + onyma, dialectal form of onoma "name" (see name (n.)). Figure in which the name of one thing is used in place of another that is
suggested by or associated with it (such as the Kremlin for "the Russian government"). Related: Metonymic; metonymical.
雙語例句
1. The key point is that metonymy thing which has close relationship thing.
它的基本點是本喻體的相關性,而比喻的基本點是本喻體的相似點.
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2. Tropes include metaphor, simile, metonymy, synecdoche, etc.
比喻包括隱喻 、 喻 、 喻、喻等, 是語義修辭法的重要組成部分.
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3. Second, causality metonymy is by far the most productive model that English idioms of anger reflect.
第二, 就表達怒氣之英語習語而言,因果轉喻是嚴具生產力之概念模式.
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4. The overlapping or interaction of metaphor and metonymy sometimes exists in semantic extension.
隱喻和轉喻在詞義延伸中有時會交叉或相互作用.
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5. The word - building ways mainly consist of homonym, overlap, metaphor, metonymy, abbreviation, loanword or explaining a word in another way.