| 单词 | chiasmus |
| 释义 | chiasmus[ kahy-az-muhs ] / kaɪˈæz məs / noun, plural chi·as·mi [kahy-az-mahy]. /kaɪˈæz maɪ/. Rhetoric.a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.” Origin of chiasmus1870–75; <Greek chiasmós, equivalent to chichi1 + -asmos masculine noun suffix, akin to -asma;see chiasma Words nearby chiasmusChiapas, Chiari's syndrome, chiaroscuro, chiasma, chiasmatypy, chiasmus, chiastic, chiastolite, chiaus, chib, Chiba Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chiasmus
British Dictionary definitions for chiasmuschiasmus / (kaɪˈæzməs) / noun plural -mi (-maɪ)rhetoric reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phraseshe came in triumph and in defeat departs Derived forms of chiasmuschiastic (kaɪˈæstɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for chiasmusC19: from New Latin, from Greek khiasmos crisscross arrangement; see chiasma 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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