aposiopesis

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An abrupt breaking-off in speech, often indicated in print using an ellipsis (…) or an em dash (—). countable,rhetoric,uncountable
    — —"My ſiſter, mayhap," quoth my uncle Toby, "does not chooſe to let a man come ſo near her ****" Make this daſh—'tis an Apoſiopeſis.—Take the daſh away, and write Backſide,—'tis Bawdy.

词形变化

aposiopeses plural

词源

From Latin aposiopesis, from Ancient Greek ἀποσιώπησις (aposiṓpēsis), from ἀποσιωπάω (aposiōpáō, “be silent”), from ἀπό (apó, “off, from”) + σιωπάω (siōpáō, “to be silent”).
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