inversion of the relationship between the elements of parallel phrases, e.g. as in Goldsmith's to stop too fearful, and too faint to go, or an example of this
chiastic adj
[Latin chiasmus from Greek chiasmos, from chiazein: see chiasma]
| 单词 | chiasmus |
| 释义 | chiasmus |
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