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oxymoron n.[语](修词中的)矛盾修饰法 When Shakespeare's Juliet says, "Parting is such sweet sorrow," she is using an oxymoron; her apparently self-contradictory turn of phrase actually makes a neat kind of sense. Oxymoron is sometimes used to describe a word combination that strikes the listener as humorously contradictory, even if the speaker didn't intend it that way — perhaps the most famous example is "military intelligence." The word oxymoron is itself an oxymoron; in Greek, oxy- means "sharp" or "wise," while moros means "foolish." 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]矛盾修辞法；逆喻 If you describe a phrase as an oxymoron, you mean that what it refers to combines two opposite qualities or ideas and therefore seems impossible.   [TECHNICAL 术语]This has made many Americans conclude that business ethics is an oxymoron.这使得很多美国人断定商业道德是个自相矛盾的说法。

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[ɔksi'mɔ:rɔn] Jumbo shrimp? Open secret? Use oxymoron to refer to a word or phrase that contradicts itself, usually to create some rhetorical effect. ☆☆☆☆☆

英语单词	oxymoron
英美音标	[ɔksi'mɔ:rɔn]
中文释义	n.[语](修词中的)矛盾修饰法
vocabulary简明	Jumbo shrimp? Open secret? Use oxymoron to refer to a word or phrase that contradicts itself, usually to create some rhetorical effect.
vocabulary扩展	When Shakespeare's Juliet says, "Parting is such sweet sorrow," she is using an oxymoron; her apparently self-contradictory turn of phrase actually makes a neat kind of sense. Oxymoron is sometimes used to describe a word combination that strikes the listener as humorously contradictory, even if the speaker didn't intend it that way — perhaps the most famous example is "military intelligence." The word oxymoron is itself an oxymoron; in Greek, oxy- means "sharp" or "wise," while moros means "foolish."
柯林斯星级	☆☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]矛盾修辞法；逆喻 If you describe a phrase as an oxymoron, you mean that what it refers to combines two opposite qualities or ideas and therefore seems impossible. [TECHNICAL 术语] This has made many Americans conclude that business ethics is an oxymoron. 这使得很多美国人断定商业道德是个自相矛盾的说法。

Oxymoron Word Phrase Describe Means ɔksi'mɔ:Rɔn N.[语](修词中的)矛盾修饰法 Jumbo