英：[ˌæmfɪ'bɒlədʒɪ]
美：[ˌæmfɪ'bɒlədʒɪ]
amphibology如何读
amphibology是什么意思
- n.模棱两可的言辞；暧昧的词句
amphibology变形
复数:amphibologies
amphibology英英释义
- n.an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes
amphibology词源英文解释
Middle English amphibologie "double meaning, ambiguity," borrowed from Late Latin amphibologia, alteration (by assimilation to the final element -logia -logy) of Latin amphibolia, borrowed from Greek amphibolía "state of being attached on two sides, double meaning, ambiguity," from amphíbolos "attached on both sides, doubtful, ambiguous" + -ia -y >entry 2 — more at amphibole
The first known use of amphibology was in the 14th century
amphibology 例句
1 It had been an excellent quaere to have posed the devil of Delphos, and must needs have forced him to some strange amphibology.
2 For many times, in their interpretation, right witty, learned, and ingenious men have been deceived through amphibologies, equivoques, and obscurity of words, no less than by the brevity of their sentences.
3 Abbreviated by subsequent usage to bête-'ni-pié, the appellation has amphibology;—for there are two words ni in the patois, one signifying "to have," and the other "naked."
amphibology 同义词
1 意义不明确的语法结构
2 由于语法结构不明确而可作两种解释的语句
3 双关语
4 言语含糊