| 释义 |
‖ ˈecbasis
[Gr. ἔκβασις, f. stem of ἐκβαίνειν to go out, digress.]
See quot. (Craig's explanation, copied in later Dicts., appears to be merely a guess. In sense ‘digression’ the word appears in late Lat.)
1706Phillips, Ecbasis, a going out, an Event; also a Rhetorical Figure call'd Digression. 1847Craig, Ecbasis, in Rhetoric, a figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events or consequences. |