1580s, "a single word (usually a verb or adjective) made to refer to two or more nouns in a sentence" (but properly applying to only one of them), from Greek zeugma, "a zeugma; that which is used for joining; boat bridge," literally "a yoking," from zeugnynai "to yoke" (see jugular).
双语例句
1. Pickwick took his hat and his leave is an example of zeugma.
(匹克威克先生拿了他的帽子和他的离开)是共轭修饰的一个例子.
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2. Could you give a example of zeugma?
你能给出一个轭式搭配法的例子 吗 ?
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英英释意
1. use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one;
"`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma"
