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单词 metonym
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metonym
noun[C]
languagespecialized
uk
/ˈmet.ə.nɪm/us
/ˈmet̬.ə.nɪm/
a word orexpressionthat refers to something using thenameof one ofitsqualitiesorfeatures:
换喻中所使用的词或短语
The HighStreetis a metonym for theprimarybusinessstreetoftownsorcities.“高街”是城镇主要商业街的代名词。
Sheartfullyusesmetaphorsand metonyms toconjureentirelyfreshwaysofseeingtheworld.她巧妙地使用隐喻和转喻来创造全新的看待世界的方式。
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metonymy
More examples
  • "Wheels" for "car" is a metonym.
  • Today, theterm"riceandbeans" is used as a metonym forbasicneedsoffood.
  • Metonyms do notpointanywherebut to the thing of which they are apart.
  • Supporting afaintlyhopelessfootballteamisturnedinto a metonym for life'suphillstruggle.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Figurative use of language
  • a metaphor forsomethingidiom
  • allegorically
  • allusion
  • anthropomorphic
  • anthropomorphize
  • figurative
  • figure of speech
  • idiom
  • ironic
  • metaphor
  • metonymy
  • mix
  • mixyourmetaphorsidiom
  • mixed metaphor
  • non-metaphorical
  • pathetic fallacy
  • so to speakidiom
  • speak
  • symbol
  • trope
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(Definition ofmetonymfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmetonym

metonym
These perennial illnesses of the motherland were metonyms for the social crises of the body-politic.
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In the first case, a newmetonymcan have the benefit of doubt with critics of economic man and gain some initial sympathy.
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A newmetonymmay appeal to critics of economic man, whilst potentially repelling its sympathizers.
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In ametonym, a subject or category is described by one or a set of its features.
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Second, visual metonyms for cities offered a sense of possession.
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It also breeds its own mythology by persistent stereotypes and metonyms, images which stand for the whole, but which also hide the whole.
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The structure of the metaphor is very different from that of themetonym.
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Spending money to hire a capable and responsible carer is ametonymfor the absent children's personal care.
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Its name, as you may have guessed, is ametonymfor the instrumentation - wind band.
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In both instances, the male working-class body becomes themetonymfor national identity. 16.
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The sigh-like ascending chromatic figures and minute descending motives in minor that trace each of her steps and gestures are traditional acoustic metonyms of pain and suffering lament.
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Of course, since correspondence theorists recognize the use of metonymy, they might respond that the name is merely ametonymfor the anticipated winners of the talent contest.
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And going wider, synchronically, such a list is formally a kind ofmetonymand thus a trope based on contiguity of space, time, or other context.
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This list can not include all metonyms, but only some of those that are identified as common.
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There is nothing press-like about reporters or crown-like about a monarch, but the press and the crown are both common metonyms.
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