zeugma
noun /ˈzjuːɡmə/
/ˈzuːɡmə/
[countable, uncountable] (specialist)- the use of a word which must be understood in two different ways at the same time in order to make sense, for example the word ‘baking’ in the sentence ‘The bread was baking, and so was I.’
Topics Languagec2轭式搭配(一个词以不同的词义同时与两个词搭配使用) 词源late Middle English: via Latin from Greek, from zeugnunai ‘to yoke’; related to zugon ‘yoke’.