单词 | syllepsis |
释义 | Word Frequency syllepsis(sɪˈlɛpsɪs) nounWord forms: plural -ses (-siːz) 1. (in grammar or rhetoric) the use of a single sentence construction in which a verb, adjective, etc is made to cover two syntactical functions, as the verb form have in she and they have promised to come 2. another word for zeugma Derived forms sylleptic (sylˈleptic) or sylleptical (sylˈleptical) adjective sylleptically (sylˈleptically) adverb Word origin C16: from Late Latin, from Greek sullēpsis, from sul- syn- + lēpsis a taking, from lambanein to take |
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