| 单词 | tropology |
| 释义 | tropology[ troh-pol-uh-jee ] / troʊˈpɒl ə dʒi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tropology ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural tro·pol·o·gies for 2.the use of figurative language in speech or writing. a treatise on figures of speech or tropes. the use of a Scriptural text so as to give it a moral interpretation or significance apart from its direct meaning. Origin of tropology1510–20; <Late Latin tropologia<Greek tropología.See trope, -o-, -logy OTHER WORDS FROM tropologytrop·o·log·ic [trop-uh-loj-ik, troh-puh-], /ˌtrɒp əˈlɒdʒ ɪk, ˌtroʊ pə-/, trop·o·log·i·cal, adjectivetrop·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby tropologyTropic of Capricorn, tropine, tropism, tropo-, tropocollagen, tropology, tropomyosin, troponin, troponin I, tropopause, tropophilous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tropology
British Dictionary definitions for tropologytropology / (trɒˈpɒlədʒɪ) / noun plural -giesrhetoric the use of figurative language in speech or writing Christian theol the educing of moral or figurative meanings from the Scriptures a treatise on tropes or figures of speech Derived forms of tropologytropologic or tropological, adjectiveWord Origin for tropologyC16: via Late Latin from Greek tropalogia; see trope, -logy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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