Apposition
01
the action of placing two or more things close together or side by side
例子
The sculpture 's beauty comes from the apposition of contrasting shapes.
Apposition of colors can enhance the overall harmony of the composition.
02
(in biology) the process by which a cell wall thickens through the sequential deposition of layers of material
例子
Secondary cell wall formation occurs by apposition in plant xylem.
The biologist observed apposition of cellulose layers under the microscope.
03
同位语, 并置
(grammar) the use of two adjacent noun phrases having the same referent that have the same syntactical role in a sentence
例子
In linguistics, apposition refers to a grammatical construction where two elements, usually noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to define or modify the other.
在语言学中，同位语指的是一种语法结构，其中两个元素，通常是名词短语，并排放置，一个元素用于定义或修饰另一个元素。
The phrase " Alice, the team leader, addressed the meeting " uses apposition to provide more information about Alice.
句子“爱丽丝，团队领导，在会议上发言”使用同位语来提供关于爱丽丝的更多信息。
词汇树
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