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epistrophe是什么意思

epistrophe

[ɪ'pɪstrəfi]
  • n. 尾词重复;结句反覆

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epistrophe (n.)
1640s, from Late Latin epistrophe, from Greek epistrophe "a turning about, twisting, a turning (of affairs), a moving up and down," from epi "upon" (see epi-) + strophe "a turning" (see strophe). In rhetoric, a figure in which successive phrases are followed by the same word of affirmation; also used in music. Related: Epistrophic.

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