English Dictionary

metonymy

noun

(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object. / (countable) A metonym.

The White House announced a new policy today.

意味（1）

(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.

Coordinate term: metaphor

意味（2）

(countable) A metonym.