单词 | systrophe |
释义 | systrophe/ˈsɪstrəfi/Now rare noun 1 Rhetoric. The device of ‘piling up’ a number of attributes and images of a person or thing, often in a series of figurative or similative phrases, without giving a literal description. 2 Biology. The clumping together of chloroplasts in a cell under the influence of bright light; an instance of this. OriginLate 16th century. Ultimately from ancient Greek συστροϕή twisting together, (of style) terseness, concentration, collection, gathering, aggregate from συν- + στροϕή. |
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