ox.y.mo.ron
n.(名词)【复数】 ox.y.mo.ra[-môr.…, -môr.…] 或 ox.y.mo.rons A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as ina deafening silence and a mournful optimist. 矛盾修饰法:一种把互相矛盾或不调和的词合在一起的修辞手法,如在震耳欲聋的沉默 和 悲伤的乐观
来源:Greek oxumôron [from neuter of] oxumôros [pointedly foolish] 希腊语 oxumôron [] 源自oxumôros的中性词 [直截了当的愚蠢] oxus [sharp] * see oxygen oxus [尖锐的] *参见 oxygenmôros [foolish, dull] môros [呆的,枯燥的]
【引伸】
ox.ymoron.ic
ox.ymoron.ically
adv.(副词)