单词 | antanaclasis |
释义 | antanaclasis /ant'an euh klas"is/, n. Rhet. a form of speech in which a key word is repeated and used in a different, and sometimes contrary, way for a play on words, as in The craft of a politician is to appear before the public without craft. [1640-50; < Gk antanáklasis lit., echo, reflection, equiv. to ant- ANT- + ana- ANA- + klásis a breaking, bending (see -CLASE, -CLASIS)] |
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