catachresis
catachreses 是 catachresis 的复数形式，页面展示原形释义。
英 [ˌkætə'kri:sɪs]
美
[ˌkætə'krisɪs]
- n. 用词不当；词形更改；修辞手法生硬而自相矛盾的误用
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词族 · catachresis
词形变化
英语词源
- 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.