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hendiadys

/hen-dahy-uh-dis/US // hɛnˈdaɪ ə dɪs //UK // (hɛnˈdaɪədɪs) //

楠木,楠竹,楠木家具,楠楠

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Rhetoric.

    • : a 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.”

Examples

  • This line is a type of hendiadys, the first half of the line being redefined by the second.

  • Real instances of hendiadys are much rarer than is generally supposed.

  • A hendiadys for 'Go drink all the mind-purging hellebore that grows in Anticyra'.