antiphrasis

英 [æn'tɪfrəsɪs] 美 [æn'tɪfrəsɪs]
  • n. 反用法;反语;反语法

英文词源


antiphrasis (n.)
1530s, from Latin antiphrasis, from Greek antiphrasis, from antiphrazein "to express (something) by the opposite," from anti- (see anti-) + phrazein "to consider, to express" (see phrase (n.)).

双语例句


1. It was a bold antiphrasis that gave such a vernal title to this birthplace of icebergs.
给这座冰山发源地这样一个温柔的称号真是大胆的反语法.

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