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单词 hyperbaton
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hyperbaton


hy·per·ba·ton

H0356150 (hī-pûr′bə-tŏn′)n. A figure of speech that uses deviation from normal or logical word order for rhetorical effect, as in anastrophe or hysteron proteron.
[Greek huperbaton, from neuter of huperbatos, transposed, from huperbainein, to step over : huper-, over, across; see hyper- + bainein, to step; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.]

hyperbaton

(haɪˈpɜːbəˌtɒn) n (Rhetoric) rhetoric a figure of speech in which the normal order of words is reversed, as in cheese I love[C16: via Latin from Greek, literally: an overstepping, from hyper- + bainein to step]

hyperbaton

a rhetorical device in which the usual or expected word order is inverted.See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices

hyperbaton

The transposition of the usual order of words, as in came the Spring.”
Thesaurus
Noun1.hyperbaton - reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

hyperbaton


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Words related to hyperbaton

noun reversal of normal word order (as in 'cheese I love')

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  • rhetorical device
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