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hyperbaton

/hahy-pur-buh-ton/US // haɪˈpɜr bəˌtɒn //UK // (haɪˈpɜːbəˌtɒn) //

超音波,超音速,超强的战斗力,超音速汽车

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hy·per·ba·tons, hy·per·ba·ta [hahy-pur-buh-tuh]. /haɪˈpɜr bə tə/. Rhetoric.

    • : the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”

Examples

  • Hyperbaton Transgressio, when the ryghte 31 order of wordes is troubled, & hath these kyndes.

  • Now the figure hyperbaton is the means which is employed by the best writers to imitate these signs of natural emotion.

  • It seems to be a mere normalization of the hyperbaton; the elimination of the elision (mittere ad) may have been a factor as well.

  • Note the separation of the epithets from the nouns, and the high level of diction produced by the hyperbaton.

  • In none of these passages is ut separated from si: the hyperbaton elevates the phrase and makes more natural its use in verse.