malapropism
n.词语误用,用词错误可笑
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malapropism为短语/超纲词汇
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malapropism
/'mæləprɒpɪzəm; `mæləprɑp,ɪzəm/
ncomical confusion of a word with another, similar-sounding,word which has a quite different meaning, eg `an ingenuous(for ingenious) machine for peeling potatoes' 音近词的滑稽误用
*例如｀心直的（原意为 精致的 ）土豆削皮机＇.
ncomical confusion of a word with another, similar-sounding,word which has a quite different meaning, eg `an ingenuous(for ingenious) machine for peeling potatoes' 音近词的滑稽误用
*例如｀心直的（原意为 精致的 ）土豆削皮机＇.
malapropism
n[C]literary
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Mrs Malaprop character who uses words wrongly in the play The Rivals (1775) by Richard Sheridan, from French mal à propos 'not appropriate']
an amusing mistake that you make when you use a word that sounds similar to the word you intended to say but means something completely different
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Mrs Malaprop character who uses words wrongly in the play The Rivals (1775) by Richard Sheridan, from French mal à propos 'not appropriate']
an amusing mistake that you make when you use a word that sounds similar to the word you intended to say but means something completely different
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