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malapropi.smHmAl7E7prBp7I7z[m, $-prB:7pI-n [C]the wrong use of one word instead of another word because they sound similar to each other, and which is amusing as a result滑稽的用词错误(因发音相似而错用)In the sentence, "The price of food in Japan is gastronomical", the word 'gastronomical'is a malapropism, because it should be 'astronomical'.在句子“The price of food in Japan is gastronomical”中,因为 gastronomical(美味)的发音与 astronomical(昂贵)相似而被错用了。
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