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单词 antistrophe
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Definition of antistrophe in English:

antistrophe

nounanˈtɪstrəfiænˈtɪstrəfi
  • The second section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it.

    古希腊合唱诗(或其一部分)的第二节。比较STROPHE

    Compare with strophe
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This was a ‘regular ode’ in that it closely followed Pindar's scheme of all strophes and antistrophes conforming to one stanzaic pattern, and all epodes following another.
    • They are ritual phrases which the listener soon learns to anticipate until, eventually, the child and the teller are enacting a dialogue, strophe and antistrophe, in which understanding what the sentence means has little place.
    • The dance consisted of three sections: strophe, antistrophe and epode.
    • The strophe and the antistrophe had the same number of lines, and the meter was also the same; the epode had a different number of lines and a different meter.
    • The antistrophe, which contains the words of Agamemnon, is spoken (more than recited) by a single male voice.

Origin

Mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric denoting the repetition of words in reverse order): via late Latin from Greek antistrophē, from antistrephein 'turn against', from anti 'against' + strephein 'to turn'.

Definition of antistrophe in US English:

antistrophe

nounanˈtistrəfēænˈtɪstrəfi
  • The second section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it.

    古希腊合唱诗(或其一部分)的第二节。比较STROPHE

    Compare with strophe and epode (sense 2)
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The dance consisted of three sections: strophe, antistrophe and epode.
    • This was a ‘regular ode’ in that it closely followed Pindar's scheme of all strophes and antistrophes conforming to one stanzaic pattern, and all epodes following another.
    • The strophe and the antistrophe had the same number of lines, and the meter was also the same; the epode had a different number of lines and a different meter.
    • The antistrophe, which contains the words of Agamemnon, is spoken (more than recited) by a single male voice.
    • They are ritual phrases which the listener soon learns to anticipate until, eventually, the child and the teller are enacting a dialogue, strophe and antistrophe, in which understanding what the sentence means has little place.

Origin

Mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric denoting the repetition of words in reverse order): via late Latin from Greek antistrophē, from antistrephein ‘turn against’, from anti ‘against’ + strephein ‘to turn’.

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