chiasmus
英 [kaɪ'æzməs; kɪ-]
美[kɪ'æzməs]
- n. 交错法，交错配列法
英英释义
- 1. inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
中文词源
chiasmus 交错配列
来自chi, 字母X。即一种X形交错。
英文词源
- chiasmus (n.)
- in grammar, inversion of word order, 1871, Latinized from Greek khiasmos "a placing crosswise, diagonal arrangement" (see chi).
Adam, first of men,
To first of women, Eve.
["Paradise Lost"]
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