| 释义 |
peri·pe·teia
\ˌperəpəˈtē(y)ə, -tīə\ noun
also peri·pe·tia \-tīə\
(-s)
Etymology: Greek peripeteia, from (assumed) Greek peripetos (verbal of Greek peripiptein to fall around, fall into, change suddenly, from peri- + piptein to fall) + Greek -eia -y — more at feather
: a sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances or situation in a literary work
< a thrilling nick-of-time peripeteia — F.R.Leavis >
also : a similar change in actual affairs
< participating in the major intellectual peripeteia of the past eighty years — Hugh Kenner > |