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单词 metaphrastical
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
met•a•phrast  (metə frast′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Literaturea person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
  • Medieval Greek metaphrástēs one who translates, equivalent. to *metaphrad-, base of metaphrázein to translate (see meta, phrase) + -tēs agent suffix 1600–10
met′a•phrastic, met′a•phrasti•cal, adj. 
met′a•phrasti•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
metaphrast /ˈmɛtəˌfræst/ n
  1. a person who metaphrases, esp one who changes the form of a text, as by rendering verse into prose
Etymology: 17th Century: from Medieval Greek metaphrastēs translator

ˌmetaˈphrastic, ˌmetaˈphrastical adj ˌmetaˈphrastically adv
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