中文词源
chiasmus 交错配列
来自chi, 字母X。即一种X形交错。
英语词源
- 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"]