释义 |
tro·pol·o·gy \trōˈpäləjē\ noun (-es) Etymology: Late Latin tropologia, from Late Greek, from tropos trope (from Greek, turn, manner, style) + Greek -logia -logy — more at trope 1. a. : a figurative mode of speech or writing b. : a mode of biblical interpretation stressing a moral meaning inhering in the metaphorical character of language 2. : a treatise on or compilation of tropes |