单词 | syllepsis |
释义 | syl·lep·sis (sĭ-lĕpsĭs) n. pl. syl·lep·ses (-sēz) A verbal construction in which a word governs two or more other words but agrees in number, gender, or case with only one, or has a different meaning when applied to each of the words, as in He lost his coat and his temper. [Late Latin syllēpsis, from Greek sullēpsis : sun-, syn- + lēpsis, a taking (from lambanein, to take).] syl·leptic (-lĕptĭk) adj. |
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