apposition
英 [?p?'z??(?)n]
美['?p?'z???n]
- n. 并置，同格；同位語(yǔ)
英英釋意
- 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"