单词 | cross-couple |
释义 | cross-couplev. transitive. To couple things that do not naturally go together. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)] > couple or yoke together > things not naturally compatible cross-couple1589 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 172 Another figure which..may well be called..the Crosse-couple [marginal note Syneciosis, or the Crosse copling]. DerivativesThesaurus » Categories » ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > contradictory terms combined for effect synœciosis1589 oxymoron1656 cross-coupling1685 cross-couple- 1685 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II I. v. 363 There will be no more..such Cross-coupling of Prosperity with Vice, and Misery with Virtue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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