mixed metaphor

mixed metaphor

美 　英

• n.混合隱喻；多重隱喻
• 網絡混雜隱喻；混喻；混雜性隱喻

詞形變化

復數：mixed metaphors  

英漢解釋

n.	1. a combination of metaphors that sounds silly because it creates a strange image in your mind

例句

The ship of state is going off the rails ' is mixed metaphor.

國家這艘航船快要出軌了是一個混合隱喻。

One of my favourite awards every year is for the mixed metaphor.

年年都最受我青睞的獎項之一是“多重隱喻獎”。

Here the mixed metaphor is quite impressive, the rest less so.

這里的矛盾比喻令人印象深刻，其余就沒什么了。

The mixed metaphor award goes to an equally outstanding entry.

含糊其詞隱喻獎由一個同樣出色的詞條獲得。

Despite the mixed metaphor, there is some truth in this judgement.

盡管有混用的比喻，這個判斷還是有些道理的。

Which is mainly impressive for being a four-way mixed metaphor.

由于這個混合隱喻含有四種喻義，這句話基本上給人留下了印象。