gemination
[,dʒɛmə'neʃən]
- n. 成双；并生；重复
英英释义
- 1. the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)
- 2. the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something;
- "this kind of duplication is wasteful"
英文词源
- gemination (n.)
- 1590s, "a doubling," from Latin geminationem (nominative geminatio) "a doubling," noun of action from past participle stem of geminare "to double, repeat" (see geminate). In rhetoric, repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis.