单词 | parataxis |
释义 | parataxis[ par-uh-tak-sis ] / ˌpær əˈtæk sɪs / noun Grammar.the placing together of sentences, clauses, or phrases without a conjunctive word or words, as Hurry up, it is getting late! I came—I saw—I conquered. Compare hypotaxis. Origin of parataxis1835–45; <New Latin <Greek parátaxis an arranging in order for battle. See para-1, -taxis OTHER WORDS FROM parataxispar·a·tac·tic [par-uh-tak-tik], /ˌpær əˈtæk tɪk/, par·a·tac·ti·cal, adjectivepar·a·tac·ti·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby parataxisparasyntheton, parasystole, parataniwha, parataxic, parataxic distortion, parataxis, paratenesis, paratenic host, paratenon, paraterminal gyrus, paratha Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for parataxisparataxis / (ˌpærəˈtæksɪs) / nounthe juxtaposition of clauses in a sentence without the use of a conjunction, as for example None of my friends stayed — they all left early Derived forms of parataxisparatactic (ˌpærəˈtæktɪk), adjectiveparatactically, adverbWord Origin for parataxisC19: New Latin from Greek, from paratassein, literally: to arrange side by side, from para- 1 + tassein to arrange Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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