epitasis

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The second part of a play, in which the action begins. countable,uncountable
    — How my uncle Toby and Corporal Trim managed this matter,—with the history of their campaigns, which were no way barren of events,—may make no uninteresting under-plot in the epitasis and working up of this drama.
  2. The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated. countable,rhetoric,uncountable
  3. The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. countable,obsolete,uncountable

词形变化

epitases plural

词汇关系

相关词
protasis catastasis catastrophe

词源

From Ancient Greek ἐπίτασις (epítasis, “stretching”), from ἐπιτείνω (epiteínō, “to stretch”), from ἐπί (epí) + τείνω (teínō, “stretch”).
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