malapropism
malapropism 英 [ˈmæləprɒpɪzəm] 美 [ˈmæləprɑpɪzəm]
n. 文字误用；词语荒唐误用
名词复数:malapropisms
- A malapropism occurs when you say one word but you mean another, like instead of saying a certain restaurant is prosperous, you say it is preposterous. As you can tell, malapropisms are often humorous, though sometimes the joke is on the speaker.
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- n. 文字误用；词语荒唐误用
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1. There is a malapropism in his paper.
他的文章里有一处被误用的词。
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2. Without being a malapropism, a word may still fail to be the right word for the writer's purpose, the "mot juste".
排除了文字误用，一个词仍有可能无法准确传达作者的真实意图。
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3. malapropism, a special language phenomenon as well as a kind of rhetoric method, has not yet caused enough attention is rhetoric circles.
词语误用是一种特殊的语言现象，但其作为一种修辞方式尚未引起修辞学界的高度重视。
- malapropism (n.) 1826, from Mrs. Malaprop, character in Sheridan's play "The Rivals" (1775), noted for her ridiculous misuse of large words (such as "contagious countries" for "contiguous countries"), her name coined from malapropos.
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