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anacoluthon

/an-uh-kuh-loo-thon/US // ˌæn ə kəˈlu θɒn //UK // (ˌænəkəˈluːθɒn) //

巨蟒

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural an·a·co·lu·tha [an-uh-kuh-loo-thuh]. /ˌæn ə kəˈlu θə/. Rhetoric.

    • : a construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as It makes me so—I just get angry.
    • : an instance of anacoluthia.

Examples

  • A breakdown like this—an anacoluthon, as the grammarians call it—is nothing strange in Paul's style.

  • It contains another anacoluthon (or incoherence of language), due to the surge of feeling remarked in ver.

  • The anacoluthon in Mk iv, 31, is avoided by Matthew and Luke.

  • Anacoluthon, a want of grammatical and logical sequence in the structure of a sentence.