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apposition

英 [æpə'zɪʃ(ə)n] 美['æpə'zɪʃən]
  • n. 并置,同格;同位语

英英释意


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"