| 单词 | rhetorical trope |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrhetorical trope rhetorical trope n. a figure of speech or figurative use of language employed for rhetorical effect. ΚΠ 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 988 Couching, knitting, and gluing as it were together rhetoricall tropes and figures. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 11 Their language is copious, and very expressive, for their narrow orbit of ideas, and full of rhetorical tropes and figures. 1872 Our Monthly Jan. 41/2 A more matured mythology, in which rhetorical tropes have solidified into personages. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Oct. 52/1 The favorite rhetorical trope of the historical novelists is preterition, i.e., saying that you are not going to say something and thereby saying it. < as lemmas |
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