chiasmus的词源

英文词源

chiasmus (n.)

in grammar, inversion of word order, 1871, Latinized from Greek khiasmos "a placing crosswise, diagonal arrangement" (see chi).

Adam, first of men,
To first of women, Eve.
["Paradise Lost"]

中文词源

chiasmus：交错配列

来自chi, 字母X。即一种X形交错。

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