katabasis

katabasis读音音标

[kəˈtæbəsis]

katabasis意思解释

n.

大败退，（军队的）撤退；

英英释义

Katabasis, or catabasis, (from Greek κατὰ, \"down\"βαίνω \"go\") is a descent of some type, such as moving downhill, or the sinking of the winds or sun, a military retreat, or a trip to the underworld or a trip from the interior of a country down to the coast. There exist multiple related meanings in poetry, rhetoric, and modern psychology.