synecdoche
noun /sɪˈnekdəki/
/sɪˈnekdəki/
[uncountable, countable] (specialist)- a word or phrase in which a part of something is used to represent a whole, or a whole is used to represent a part of something. For example, in ‘Australia lost by two goals’, Australia is used to represent the Australian team.
举偶法，提喻法（用局部代表整体或用整体代表局部的修辞手法） 词源late Middle English: via Latin from Greek sunekdokhē, from sun- ‘together’ + ekdekhesthai ‘take up’.