单词 | palindrome |
释义 | palindrome (once / 131326 pages) n “Madam, I’m Adam,” says Adam when he meets a woman for the first time. Not only is Adam polite, he’s also using a palindrome, a word or phrase that can be read the same way either forward or backward. "Racecar," "radar," "stats," "eye," "Mom" — these are examples of palindromes, and if you reverse the letters, the words will stay the same. An entire phrase can be a palindrome, like this: “A man, a plan, a canal: Panama.” Palindrome comes from a Greek word that means “running back again,” which describes the back and forth nature of palindromes very well. Here’s a palindrome you can use at parties to impress people: "Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas." It really works! WORD FAMILYpalindrome: palindromes USAGE EXAMPLESBut if you only have time to rewatch a few episodes, then go straight to the final three: “Loplop,” “The Castle” and “Palindrome.” New York Times(Sep 16, 2016) It occurs to us it would be funny if he ran for president of France, since victory would yield a word palindrome: French President French. Wall Street Journal(May 27, 2016) In this episode of The Cartoon Lounge, exclamation mark notwithstanding, we half-heartedly celebrate the parental palindrome whose day is coming up this Sunday. The New Yorker(May 06, 2016) n a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward Hyper word a unit of language that native speakers can identify |
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