chiasmus (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[chiasmus 词源字典]
in grammar, inversion of word order, 1871, Latinized from Greek khiasmos "a placing crosswise, diagonal arrangement" (see chi).
Adam, first of men,
To first of women, Eve.
["Paradise Lost"]
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