cat·a·chre·sis /ˌkætəˈkrisəs/
字或比喻的誤用
Cat·a·chre·sis n. Rhet. A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, “To take arms against a sea of troubles”. --Shak. “Her voice was but the shadow of a sound.” --Young.
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catachresis
n : strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as
`blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a
mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')