stichomythia
/stik-uh-mith-ee-uh/US // ˌstɪk əˈmɪθ i ə //UK // (ˌstɪkəʊˈmɪθɪə) //
菌类,菌落总数,菌草,菌落素
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.
Examples
The dreary tirades of Polyphontes and Merope, and their snip-snap stichomythia, read equally ill in English.
Phillis and Amyntas reappear and carry on a conversation, not unamiably, in a sort of hexametrical stichomythia.
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