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单词 hypallage
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Definition of hypallage in English:

hypallage

noun hɪˈpalədʒiːhʌɪˈpalədʒiːhi-
Rhetoric
  • A transposition of the natural relations of two elements in a proposition, for example in the sentence ‘Melissa shook her doubtful curls’.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hyphens and adverbs partake of this concatenation of the style that ends up creating hypallages.
    • I've also left out extremely rare or poetic devices (like hypallage) and terms referring to common linguistic errors (like anacoluthon).
    • The English index covers topics and authors; as a sample I give four consecutive entries: hunting, Hyginus, hymn-language and hypallage.
    • It is easier to give examples than to explain hypallage.
    • Just as in Debussy's Preludes, these epigraphs are also metaphors, hypallages and paradigms that can be interpreted ad libitum.

Origin

Late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek hupallagē, from hupo 'under' + allassein 'to exchange'.

Rhymes

allergy, analogy, genealogy, metallurgy, mineralogy, tetralogy
 
 

Definition of hypallage in US English:

hypallage

nounhi-
Rhetoric
  • A transposition of the natural relations of two elements in a proposition, for example in the sentence “Melissa shook her doubtful curls.”.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've also left out extremely rare or poetic devices (like hypallage) and terms referring to common linguistic errors (like anacoluthon).
    • The English index covers topics and authors; as a sample I give four consecutive entries: hunting, Hyginus, hymn-language and hypallage.
    • It is easier to give examples than to explain hypallage.
    • Just as in Debussy's Preludes, these epigraphs are also metaphors, hypallages and paradigms that can be interpreted ad libitum.
    • Hyphens and adverbs partake of this concatenation of the style that ends up creating hypallages.

Origin

Late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek hupallagē, from hupo ‘under’ + allassein ‘to exchange’.

 
 
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