zeugma
/ˈzjuːgmə/noun
- a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g. John and his driving licence expired last week) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g. with weeping eyes and hearts). Compare with SYLLEPSIS.【语】轭式搭配法(一种修辞手段, 其中一个词与另两个词搭配, 而这两个词意思不同, 如John and his driving licence expired last week; 或语义上此词只适合于与其中的一个词搭配, 如with weeping eyes and hearts)。比较SYLLEPSIS。
派生词
zeugmatic
adjective词源
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek, from zeugnunai 'to yoke'; related to zugon 'yoke'.