英语词汇“boustrophedon”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	boustrophedon
释义	‖ boustrophedon, adv. and a. (n.)\|baʊstrəʊˈfiːdən, buː-\| [Gr. βουστροϕηδόν, adv. f. βου-στρόϕος ox-turning.] (Written) alternately from right to left and from left to right, like the course of the plough in successive furrows; as in various ancient inscriptions in Greek and other languages. Hence boustropheˈdonic a. 1783Blair Rhet. (1812) I. vii. 155 Afterwards, the Greekes adopted a new method, writing their lines alternately from the right to the left, and from the left to the right, which was called Boustrophedon.1846Ellis Elgin Marb. II. 174 A very antient Greek inscription, written in the boustrophedon manner.1847Grote Greece ii. xi. III. 176. 1880 Times 6 Nov. 4/5 The usual boustrophedon manner which the Hittites affected.1801J. Hager Babylon. Inscr. 11 The laws of Solon in boustrophedonic writing.
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