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pleonasm

n.烦冗,冗长

难易程度:

pleonasm为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

副词:pleonastically 形容词:pleonastic

近义词, 同义词

pleonasm


/'plɪənzəm; `pliə,næzəm/
n
(a) [U] use of more words than are necessary to express the meaning 冗笔, 赘述(的运用).
(b) [C] instance of this 冗笔; 赘述
*`Hear with one's ears' and `divide into four quarters' are pleonasms. `用耳朵听'和`分成四个四分之一'是赘述. Cf 参看 tautology.