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spoonerism

n.斯本内现象,首音互换

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spoonerism


/'spu:nərɪzəm; `spunə,rɪzəm/
n (often humorous) result of changing round, esp accidentally, the initial sounds of two or more words when speaking, eg well-boiled icicle for well-oiled bicycle (常产生滑稽效果的)首音误置(如将 well-oiled bicycle 说成 well-boiled icicle).

spoonerism


n[C]
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: William Spooner (1844-1930), British university teacher who supposedly often made such mistakes]
a phrase in which the speaker accidentally exchanges the first sounds of two words, with a funny result, for example 'sew you to a sheet' instead of 'show you to a seat'