| 单词 |
expolition |
| 释义 |
† expoˈlition Obs. [ad. L. expolītiōn-em, n. of action f. expolīre: see expolite a.] a. The action of polishing. b. Rhet. (See quots.)
[1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xx. (Arb.) 254 [Expolitio] doth..polish our speech and as it were attire it with copious and pleasant amplifications and much varietie of sentences, all running vpon one point and one intent. ]1656–81Blount Glossogr., Expolition a trimming, polishing or burnishing. 1730–6Bailey (folio), Expolition (in Rhetorick), a figure whereby the same thing is explained in different phrases, in order to shew it more fully. 1751in Chambers Cycl. |

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