mixed metaphor

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌmɪkst ˈmet.ə.fɔːr]
• 美式音标 [ˌmɪkst ˈmet̬.ə.fɔːr]
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基本解释

• （常产生愚蠢、滑稽效果的）混合隐喻。

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英汉例句

• The ship of state is going off the rails'is mixed metaphor.
  国家这艘航船快要出轨了是一个混合隐喻。
• 'The ship of state is going off the rails' is mixed metaphor.
  国家这艘航船快要出轨了是一个混合隐喻。
• One answer, to mix metaphors, is that it would allow vegetarians to have their meatloaf and eat it too.
  含糊地说，这样可以让素食者们拥有并享用他们理想的肉块。
• 'The ship of state is going off the rails' is mixed metaphor. “
  国家这艘航船快要出轨了”是一个混合隐喻。
• In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.
  玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

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

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