syllepsis 的定义
plural syl·lep·ses [si-lep-seez]. /sɪˈlɛp siz/. Grammar.
- the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.
更多syllepsis例句
- The upmating of the persons, called in Greek syllepsis, touches the use of the personal pronouns.
- For Ovid's use of syllepsis, see at vi 16 spem nostram terras deseruitque simul (p 234).