hypallage
/haɪˈpæləgiː/noun
- Rhetoric a transposition of the natural relations of two elements in a proposition, for example in the sentence 'Melissa shook her doubtful curls'【修辞】换置法(主题句中两个成分自然关系的调换, 如例句 'Melissa shook her doubtful curls')。
词源
late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek hupallagē, from hupo 'under'+allassein 'to exchange'.