| 单词 | elegant variation |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselegant variation elegant variation n. (an instance of) variation in wording introduced to avoid repetition; the practice of studiously avoiding repetition in this way (esp. as a fault of style); also in extended use (sometimes ironic).The literary use of elegant variation was critically examined by the Fowlers in The King's English and Modern English Usage: cf. quots. 1906, 1926. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] > excessive variation elegant variation1735 1735 J. Collyer Gen. Princ. Gram. 75 As we affect brevity..it not only answers that end, but introduces an elegant variation of phrase. 1779 D. MacNicol Remarks Johnson's Journey to Hebrides 292 Every object of nature, and every instrument of the common and general arts, has many vocables to express it; such as suit all the elegant variations that either the poet or orator may chuse to make. 1818 Repository of Arts Oct. 231/2 An elegant variation in demisemiquavers follows. 1824 Eclectic Rev. Jan. 89 Such elegant variations as gollop for gallop, nut for not, sile for soil.., and a thousand others, come under the general description of a peculiarity of pronunciation. 1906 H. W. Fowler & F. G. Fowler King's Eng. iii. 178 The locking of arms is..only an elegant variation for clinging. 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 131/1 It is the second-rate writers..that are chiefly open to the allurements of elegant variation. 1981 Guardian Weekly 5 July 21 Most of the costumes are..elegant variations on dancers' practice dress. 1982 Washington Post 7 May d2/6 The excremental monosyllable..rarely occurs less than twice per page and often as many as five, with a ‘f—’ or two stuck in for elegant variation. 1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau vii. 365 There was no attempt at elegant variation in the scatological stream. < as lemmas |
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