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

单词

trope

释义

trope /trōp/

noun

A figure of speech, properly one in which a word or expression is used in other than its literal sense, eg metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche or irony
A short cadence peculiar to Gregorian melodies
A phrase formerly interpolated in different parts of the mass

transitive verb

To provide with tropes

ORIGIN: Gr tropos a turn, from trepein to turn

tropˈical adjective

tropˈist noun

tropologˈic or tropologˈical adjective

tropologˈically adverb

tropolˈogy noun

combining form

Denoting a tendency towards or affinity for, as in heliotrope

ORIGIN: Gr tropos a turn

-tropic adj combining form

-tropism n combining form

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