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
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.
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