synecdoche

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE Online朗文 5++sy·nec·do·che /sɪˈnekdəki/ noun [countable, uncountable] technical the practice of using the name of a part of something to refer to the whole thing, or using the name of a whole thing to refer to part of it. An example of synecdoche is saying “There are some new faces in the team” rather than “There are some new people in the team”.

sy·nec·do·che nounSyllable

syn·ec·doche

BrE

/sɪˈnekdəki/

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NAmE

/sɪˈnekdəki/

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noun

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a word or phrase in which a part of sth is used to represent a whole, or a whole is used to represent a part of sth. For example, in 'Australia lost by two goals', Australia is used to represent the Australian team. 举偶法，提喻法（用局部代表整体或用整体代表局部的修辞手法）