early 15c., from Latin hyperbole, from Greek hyperbole "exaggeration, extravagance," related to hyperballein "to throw over or beyond," from hyper- "beyond" + bole "a throwing, a casting, the stroke of a missile, bolt, beam," from bol-, nominative stem of ballein "to throw" (see ballistics). Rhetorical sense is found in Aristotle and Isocrates.
雙語例句
1. American humor is founded largely on hyperbole.
美式幽默主要以夸張為基礎.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The phrase is of course a hyperbole.
這句話當然有些夸張.
來自辭典例句
3. Prochazka loved to regale his friends with hyperbole and excess.
普羅恰茲卡喜歡用夸張、過激的話與朋友逗樂.
來自互聯網
4. Liver of goose saying fertilizer is aristocratic food also is not hyperbole.
說肥鵝肝是貴族食品也不為夸張.
來自互聯網
5. Hyperbole and understatement are two chief rhetorical figures in English language.