chiasmus
/kaɪˈæzməs/noun
- a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form（修辞）交错配列。
派生词
chiastic
adjective词源
mid 17th cent. （in the general sense 'crosswise arrangement'）： modern Latin， from Greek khiasmos 'crosswise arrangement'， from khiazein 'mark with the letter chi'， from khi 'chi'.