Definition of antistrophe in English:

antistrophe

nounanˈtɪstrəfiænˈtɪstrəfi

The second section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it.
古希腊合唱诗（或其一部分）的第二节。比较STROPHE
Compare with strophe
Example sentencesExamples
- This was a ‘regular ode’ in that it closely followed Pindar's scheme of all strophes and antistrophes conforming to one stanzaic pattern, and all epodes following another.
- They are ritual phrases which the listener soon learns to anticipate until, eventually, the child and the teller are enacting a dialogue, strophe and antistrophe, in which understanding what the sentence means has little place.
- The dance consisted of three sections: strophe, antistrophe and epode.
- The strophe and the antistrophe had the same number of lines, and the meter was also the same; the epode had a different number of lines and a different meter.
- The antistrophe, which contains the words of Agamemnon, is spoken (more than recited) by a single male voice.

Origin

Mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric denoting the repetition of words in reverse order): via late Latin from Greek antistrophē, from antistrephein 'turn against', from anti 'against' + strephein 'to turn'.

Definition of antistrophe in US English:

antistrophe

nounanˈtistrəfēænˈtɪstrəfi

The second section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it.
古希腊合唱诗（或其一部分）的第二节。比较STROPHE
Compare with strophe and epode (sense 2)
Example sentencesExamples
- The dance consisted of three sections: strophe, antistrophe and epode.
- This was a ‘regular ode’ in that it closely followed Pindar's scheme of all strophes and antistrophes conforming to one stanzaic pattern, and all epodes following another.
- The strophe and the antistrophe had the same number of lines, and the meter was also the same; the epode had a different number of lines and a different meter.
- The antistrophe, which contains the words of Agamemnon, is spoken (more than recited) by a single male voice.
- They are ritual phrases which the listener soon learns to anticipate until, eventually, the child and the teller are enacting a dialogue, strophe and antistrophe, in which understanding what the sentence means has little place.

Origin

Mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric denoting the repetition of words in reverse order): via late Latin from Greek antistrophē, from antistrephein ‘turn against’, from anti ‘against’ + strephein ‘to turn’.

词汇	antistrophe
释义	Definition of antistrophe in English: antistrophe nounanˈtɪstrəfiænˈtɪstrəfi The second section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it. 古希腊合唱诗（或其一部分）的第二节。比较STROPHE Compare with strophe Example sentencesExamples This was a ‘regular ode’ in that it closely followed Pindar's scheme of all strophes and antistrophes conforming to one stanzaic pattern, and all epodes following another. They are ritual phrases which the listener soon learns to anticipate until, eventually, the child and the teller are enacting a dialogue, strophe and antistrophe, in which understanding what the sentence means has little place. The dance consisted of three sections: strophe, antistrophe and epode. The strophe and the antistrophe had the same number of lines, and the meter was also the same; the epode had a different number of lines and a different meter. The antistrophe, which contains the words of Agamemnon, is spoken (more than recited) by a single male voice. Origin Mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric denoting the repetition of words in reverse order): via late Latin from Greek antistrophē, from antistrephein 'turn against', from anti 'against' + strephein 'to turn'. Definition of antistrophe in US English: antistrophe nounanˈtistrəfēænˈtɪstrəfi The second section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it. 古希腊合唱诗（或其一部分）的第二节。比较STROPHE Compare with strophe and epode (sense 2) Example sentencesExamples The dance consisted of three sections: strophe, antistrophe and epode. This was a ‘regular ode’ in that it closely followed Pindar's scheme of all strophes and antistrophes conforming to one stanzaic pattern, and all epodes following another. The strophe and the antistrophe had the same number of lines, and the meter was also the same; the epode had a different number of lines and a different meter. The antistrophe, which contains the words of Agamemnon, is spoken (more than recited) by a single male voice. They are ritual phrases which the listener soon learns to anticipate until, eventually, the child and the teller are enacting a dialogue, strophe and antistrophe, in which understanding what the sentence means has little place. Origin Mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric denoting the repetition of words in reverse order): via late Latin from Greek antistrophē, from antistrephein ‘turn against’, from anti ‘against’ + strephein ‘to turn’.
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