单词 | aposiopeses |
释义 | aposiopeses in British English (ˌæpəʊˌsaɪəˈpɪsɪz) plural noun aposiopesis aposiopesis in British English (ˌæpəʊˌsaɪəˈpiːsɪs) nounWord forms: plural -ses (-siːz) rhetoric the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue Derived forms aposiopetic (ˌæpəʊˌsaɪəˈpɛtɪk) adjective Word origin C16: via Late Latin from Greek, from aposiōpaein to be totally silent, from siōpaein to be silent |
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