解释
- n. 用词不当;词形更改;修辞手法生硬而自相矛盾的误用
※ 提供单词"catachresis"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照,中英文词源、例句和用法等。
英文词源
- 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.