the act of referring to something by the name of something else that is closely connected with it, for example using the White House for the US president 轉喻(用一名稱來指代與之密切相關的事物,例如用 the White House 來指代 the US president) WordfinderTopics Languagec2Word Originmid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek metōnumia, literally ‘change of name’.