名詞 hyperbole:

1. extravagant exaggeration
   同義詞：exaggeration

1. American humor is founded largely on hyperbole.
   美國(guó)式的幽默主要以夸張為基礎(chǔ)。

hy.per.bo.le

n.（名詞）
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as inI could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
夸張法：一種比喻，使用夸張來(lái)強(qiáng)調(diào)或產(chǎn)生某種效果，比如在我能睡一年 或 這書(shū)有一噸重 中

來(lái)源：
Latin hyperbolô
拉丁語(yǔ) hyperbolô
from Greek huperbolô [excess]
源自 希臘語(yǔ) huperbolô [超越]
from huperballein [to exceed]
源自 huperballein [超過(guò)]
huper [beyond] * see hyper-
huper […之外] *參見(jiàn) hyper-
ballein [to throw] * see g wel…-
ballein [扔] *參見(jiàn) g wel…-