epistrophe (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[epistrophe 词源字典]
1640s, from Late Latin epistrophe, from Greek epistrophe "a turning about, twisting, a turning (of affairs), a moving up and down," from epi "upon" (see epi-) + strophe "a turning" (see strophe). In rhetoric, a figure in which successive phrases are followed by the same word of affirmation; also used in music. Related: Epistrophic.[epistrophe etymology, epistrophe origin, 英语词源]