英语词汇“trope”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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trope in British English

(trəʊp)

noun

1. rhetoric

a word or expression used in a figurative sense

a recurring theme or idea

an interpolation of words or music into the plainsong settings of the Roman Catholic liturgy

Word origin

C16: from Latin tropus figurative use of a word, from Greek tropos style, turn; related to trepein to turn

-trope in British English

combining form in countable noun

indicating a turning towards, development in the direction of, or affinity to

heliotrope

Word origin

from Greek tropos a turn

trope in American English

(troʊp)

noun

the use of a word or words in a figurative sense

a figure of speech

figurative language in general

a common, often conventional, theme, motif, style, etc.

in the medieval church,

the interpolation of a phrase or passage into the authorized service: such passages were later developed into dramatic dialogues

any such passage

Word origin

L tropus < Gr tropos, a turning, turn, figure of speech (akin to tropē, a turn) < trepein, to turn < IE base *trep-, to turn

-trope in American English

(troʊp)

1. forming nouns

a turning or changing

something that turns or changes

thaumatrope

2. forming adjectives

turning

Word origin

Gr -tropos: see trope

Examples of 'trope' in a sentence
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As does the central trope - old photographs.This is a common economic old trope of language.The forest had become a tainted trope.Some of the tropes here are familiar.The map of China becomes a trope.It has become such a familiar trope, the easiest playing to the gallery that no one can disagree.The Skull and the Nightingale offers a neat twist on a familiar trope.In the stadium, it's soon clear that we will be revisiting classic tropes.He was one of the first to retreat from couture in the 1960s, when it had become a trope for all that was staid and passé.

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释义	Trends of trope View usage for: trope in British English (trəʊp) noun 1. rhetoric a word or expression used in a figurative sense 2. a recurring theme or idea 3. an interpolation of words or music into the plainsong settings of the Roman Catholic liturgy Word origin C16: from Latin tropus figurative use of a word, from Greek tropos style, turn; related to trepein to turn -trope in British English combining form in countable noun indicating a turning towards, development in the direction of, or affinity to heliotrope Word origin from Greek tropos a turn trope in American English (troʊp) noun 1. a. the use of a word or words in a figurative sense b. a figure of speech c. figurative language in general 2. a common, often conventional, theme, motif, style, etc. 3. in the medieval church, a. the interpolation of a phrase or passage into the authorized service: such passages were later developed into dramatic dialogues b. any such passage Word origin L tropus < Gr tropos, a turning, turn, figure of speech (akin to tropē, a turn) < trepein, to turn < IE base *trep-, to turn -trope in American English (troʊp) 1. forming nouns a. a turning or changing b. something that turns or changes thaumatrope 2. forming adjectives turning Word origin Gr -tropos: see trope Examples of 'trope' in a sentence trope As does the central trope - old photographs. Times, Sunday Times (2016) This is a common economic old trope of language. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The forest had become a tainted trope. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Some of the tropes here are familiar. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The map of China becomes a trope. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It has become such a familiar trope, the easiest playing to the gallery that no one can disagree. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The Skull and the Nightingale offers a neat twist on a familiar trope. The Times Literary Supplement (2013) In the stadium, it's soon clear that we will be revisiting classic tropes. Times, Sunday Times (2012) He was one of the first to retreat from couture in the 1960s, when it had become a trope for all that was staid and passé. Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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