| 释义 |
antonomasia/æntənəˈmeiziə/n. 1 the substitution of an epithet or title etc. for a proper name (e.g. the Maid of Orleans for Joan of Arc, his Grace for an archbishop 如将圣女贞德称作“奥尔良少女”，将大主教称作“大人”) 换称，代称 2 the use of a proper name to express a general idea (e.g. a Scrooge for a miser 如将吝啬的人称作斯克鲁奇[英国作家狄更斯小说中的老吝啬鬼]) 用专有名词表示一般概念 [Latin, from Greek from antonomazō ‘name instead’ (as ANTI-, + onoma ‘name’)] |