| 单词 | metaphrast |
| 释义 | metaphrast[ met-uh-frast ] / ˈmɛt əˌfræst / nouna person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse. Origin of metaphrast1600–10; Medieval Greek metaphrástēs one who translates, equivalent to *metaphrad-, base of metaphrázein to translate (see meta-, phrase) + -tēs agent suffix OTHER WORDS FROM metaphrastmet·a·phras·tic, met·a·phras·ti·cal, adjectivemet·a·phras·ti·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby metaphrastMetaphen, metaphor, metaphosphate, metaphosphoric acid, metaphrase, metaphrast, metaphys., metaphysial dysostosis, metaphysial dysplasia, metaphysic, metaphysical Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for metaphrastmetaphrast / (ˈmɛtəˌfræst) / nouna person who metaphrases, esp one who changes the form of a text, as by rendering verse into prose Derived forms of metaphrastmetaphrastic or metaphrastical, adjectivemetaphrastically, adverbWord Origin for metaphrastC17: from Medieval Greek metaphrastēs translator 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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