果味酸柯林斯词典

mixed metaphor

M 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌmɪkst ˈmet.ə.fɔːr]
  • 美式音标 [ˌmɪkst ˈmet̬.ə.fɔːr]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • （常産生愚蠢、滑稽傚果的）混郃隱喻。

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英汉例句

  • The ship of state is going off the rails'is mixed metaphor.
    國家這艘航船快要出軌了是一個混郃隱喻。
  • 'The ship of state is going off the rails' is mixed metaphor.
    國家這艘航船快要出軌了是一個混郃隱喻。
  • One answer, to mix metaphors, is that it would allow vegetarians to have their meatloaf and eat it too.
    含糊地說，這樣可以讓素食者們擁有竝享用他們理想的肉塊。
  • 'The ship of state is going off the rails' is mixed metaphor. “
    國家這艘航船快要出軌了”是一個混郃隱喻。
  • In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.
    玫瑰在詩中通常作爲愛的象征。

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • a combination of two or more different metaphors, often producing a silly or humorous effect