zeugma

noun
🔊/ˈzjuːɡmə/
🔊/ˈzuːɡmə/
[countable, uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. 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.’轭式搭配(一个词以不同的词义同时与两个词搭配使用)Topics Languagec2
    Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek, from zeugnunai ‘to yoke’; related to zugon ‘yoke’.