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单词 hendiadys
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
hen•di•a•dys  (hen dīə dis),USA pronunciation n. [Rhet.]
  1. Rhetorica figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: "to look with eyes and envy'' instead of "with envious eyes.''
  • Medieval Latin; alteration of Greek phrase hèn dià dyoîn one through two, one by means of two
  • 1580–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hendiadys /hɛnˈdaɪədɪs/ n
  1. a rhetorical device by which two nouns joined by a conjunction, usually and, are used instead of a noun and a modifier, as in to run with fear and haste instead of to run with fearful haste
Etymology: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin, changed from Greek phrase hen dia duoin, literally: one through two
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