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hypallage

/hi-pal-uh-jee, hahy-/US // hɪˈpæl ə dʒi, haɪ- //UK // (haɪˈpæləˌdʒiː) //

伪装,超龄化,超声速,伪装者

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Rhetoric.

    • : the reversal of the expected syntactic relation between two words, as in “her beauty's face” for “her face's beauty.”

Examples

  • The epithet is, by hypallage, transferred from the person to the dew or cold sweat which ‘dips’ or moistens his body.

  • The joining it with 'beach' seems an instance of the figure called Hypallage.

  • Sterili is transferred by hypallage from litus; siccum serves no purpose beyond providing a balancing epithet.