单选题 Metonymy is a kind of figurative language which is usually classed as a type of synecdoche. It refers to using the name of part of an object to talk about the whole thing, and vice versa, as the use of "hands" in "We are short of hands". (大连外国语学院2008研)
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析：转喻是一种一个词或词组被另一个与之有紧密联系的词或词组替换的修辞方法。提喻是用事物的一部分名称来指代整个事物，反之亦然。所以上述例子使用了提喻。