apposition

英 [ˌæpə'zɪʃn] 美 [ˌæpə'zɪʃn]

• n. 并置；同格；同位；并列；[生]附着

英英释义

Noun:

1. a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows;

   "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition"
   

2. (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material

3. the act of positioning close together (or side by side);

   "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. My cousin is in apposition with Mary in "Mary, my cousin, is here".
   在“我的表妹玛丽在这儿”此句中，“我的表妹”与“玛丽”是同位(或同格)关系。

经典引文

• By the Apposition of a Publick Seal.

  出自： J. Ayliffe

词汇搭配

• good apposition 对位良好
• apposition beach 并列海滩,归并海滩...
• apposition fabric 同生组构
• apposition growth 附着生长
• apposition eye 联立眼,联立象眼...
• apposition image 联立象
• simple apposition 单纯附着

近反义词

【近义词】

• harmony 和谐
• juxtaposition 并排
• collocation 并列