资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Epiploce \E*pip"lo*ce\, n. [L., connection, from Gr. ? a
   plaiting together, fr. ? to plait or braid in; 'epi` upon + ?
   to twist, plait.] (Rhet.)
   A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due
   gradation, to another; climax; e. g., ``He not only spared
   his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only
   continued, but advanced them.'' --Johnson.