释义 |
‖ anastrophe Rhet.|əˈnæstrəfiː| [Gr. ἀναστροϕή a turning back, f. ἀνά back + στρέϕ-ειν to turn.] Inversion, or unusual arrangement, of the words or clauses of a sentence.
1577H. Peacham Gard. Eloq. (T.) Anastrophe, a preposterous order, or a backward setting of words, thus: All Italy about I went, which is contrary to plain order, I went about all Italy. 1785Walker Rhet. Gram. (T.) Anastrophe..by which we place last, and perhaps at a great distance from the beginning of the sentence, what, according to the common order, should have been placed first. 1871in Pub. Sch. Lat. Gram. 446. |