malapropism

['mælə.prɔpizəm]

n. 词语荒唐误用(指误用发音近似而意义不通的词语)

n.

文字误用(尤指误用发音相似而意义不同的词语)

malapropism

malapropism['mæləprɔpizəm]n.1.■被误用的词2.■荒唐(或可笑)的用词错误

1. the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, ‘dance a flamingo’ (instead of flamenco)
   近音词误用
   

1. mid 19th cent.: from the name of the character Mrs Malaprop in Sheridan's play The Rivals (1775) + -ism
   

malapropism

名词 malapropism:

the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

同义词：malaprop

malapropism

■On English Lexical Variation and Malapropism

小议英语词汇变体和误用词语

■This paper tries to search translation strategies of malapropism from Chinese to English by analyzing samples.

本文试通过译法例析探寻飞白辞格的汉英翻译策略。

■The Comparison and Translation to Malapropism in Chinese and English

汉英飞白辞格的比较与翻译

■Since malapropism is full of features of source language, it is difficult to translate it into target language.

由于飞白辞格极具源语言特色，在翻译成目的语时就增加了难度。

■This stirring appeal is spoilt by a malapropism in the last phrase, the word singularity.

译文：一番振奋人心的呼吁就绘羽最后荒唐的词语缪用--奇思异想。

■Without being a malapropism, a word may still fail to be the right word for the writer's purpose, the "mot juste".

译文：即使不为荒唐的词语缪用，遣词造句也难免不偏离作者本意，即“非中的之语。”