hyperbole
英 [ha?'p??b?l?]
美[ha?'p?b?li]
- n. 夸張的語句；夸張法
暢通詞匯GRE
詞態變化
復數:?hyperboles;
中文詞源
hyperbole 夸張
hyper-,超過的，向上的，-boll,扔，詞源同ball,ballet,ballistic.即向上扔的，引申詞義夸張。
英文詞源
- hyperbole (n.)
- early 15c., from Latin hyperbole, from Greek hyperbole "exaggeration, extravagance," related to hyperballein "to throw over or beyond," from hyper- "beyond" + bole "a throwing, a casting, the stroke of a missile, bolt, beam," from bol-, nominative stem of ballein "to throw" (see ballistics). Rhetorical sense is found in Aristotle and Isocrates.
雙語例句
- 1. American humor is founded largely on hyperbole.
- 美式幽默主要以夸張為基礎.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The phrase is of course a hyperbole.
- 這句話當然有些夸張.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Prochazka loved to regale his friends with hyperbole and excess.
- 普羅恰茲卡喜歡用夸張、過激的話與朋友逗樂.
來自互聯網
- 4. Liver of goose saying fertilizer is aristocratic food also is not hyperbole.
- 說肥鵝肝是貴族食品也不為夸張.
來自互聯網
- 5. Hyperbole and understatement are two chief rhetorical figures in English language.
- 夸張與含蓄陳述是英語中兩種主要的修辭手段.
來自互聯網