| 释义 |
spoonerism
UK ['spu:.nər.ɪ.zəm] US [-nɚ-] noun countable
■a mistake made when speaking in which the first sounds of two words are exchanged with each other to produce a not intended and usually funny meaning 首音误置，首音互换（说话时误将两个单词的首音调换，常会造成滑稽效果）•The Reverend William Spooner used to produce spoonerisms such as 'a scoop of boy trouts', instead of what he had meant to say - 'a troop of boy scouts'.威廉•斯普纳牧师过去说话时常将首音误置，如本来想说 a troop of boy scouts，却说成 a scoop of boy trouts。 |