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apposition n. 并列,并置;同位,同格 并列,并置;同位,同格 apposition n 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" [ synonym: { juxtaposition}, { apposition}, { collocation}] Apposition \ Ap` po* si" tion\, n. [ L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf. F. apposition. See { Apposite}.] 1. The act of adding; application; accretion. [ 1913 Webster] It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter. -- Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Gram.) The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first. [ 1913 Webster] { Growth by apposition} ( Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance. [ 1913 Webster]
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