syllepsis
/sɪˈlepsɪs/noun
(pl. syllepses /-siːz/)
- a figure of speech in which a word is applied to two others in different senses (e.g. caught the train and a bad cold) or to two others of which it grammatically suits only one (e.g. neither they nor it is working)一笔双叙法; 兼用法。比较ZEUGMA.
派生词
sylleptic
adjective词源
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek sullēpsis 'taking together'.