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

metaphrast

/ˈmɛtəfrast/

(also metaphrastes) Now rare (chiefly archaic or historical )

noun

A person who paraphrases a literary work or puts a composition into a different literary form, e.g. by turning prose into verse, or one metre into another. Also: a translator, especially one who makes a literal, word-for-word translation.

Originally with reference to St Simeon Metaphrastes (fl. 960), a Byzantine hagiographer who modernized the style and presentation of the lives which he collected and edited..

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in Philemon Holland (1552–1637), translator. From post-classical Latin metaphrastes from Byzantine Greek μεταϕράστης from Hellenistic Greek μεταϕράζειν + -της, suffix forming agent nouns.

单词	metaphrast
释义	metaphrast /ˈmɛtəfrast/ (also metaphrastes) Now rare (chiefly archaic or historical ) noun A person who paraphrases a literary work or puts a composition into a different literary form, e.g. by turning prose into verse, or one metre into another. Also: a translator, especially one who makes a literal, word-for-word translation. Originally with reference to St Simeon Metaphrastes (fl. 960), a Byzantine hagiographer who modernized the style and presentation of the lives which he collected and edited.. Origin Early 17th century; earliest use found in Philemon Holland (1552–1637), translator. From post-classical Latin metaphrastes from Byzantine Greek μεταϕράστης from Hellenistic Greek μεταϕράζειν + -της, suffix forming agent nouns.
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