hyperbaton
[hai'pə:bətɔn]
- n. 倒装法
英英释义
- 1. reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')
中文词源
hyperbaton 倒装法
一种语法结构，来自希腊语hyperbaton,走在上面的，来自hyper-,上面的，-bat,走，词源同acrobat,diabetes,come.
英文词源
- hyperbaton (n.)
- 1570s, "figure of speech in which the natural order of words or phrases is inverted, especially for the sake of emphasis," from Greek hyperbaton, literally "overstepping," from hyper "over" + bainein "to step" (see come).