juxtapose
verb [often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they juxtapose | |
he / she / it juxtaposes | |
past simple juxtaposed | |
past participle juxtaposed | |
-ing form juxtaposing |
- juxtapose A and/with B
to put people or things together, especially in order to show a contrast or a new relationship between them (尤指为对比或表明其新关系而)把…并置,把…并列 Oxford Collocations DictionaryJuxtapose is used with these nouns as the object:- image
Word Originmid 19th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as juxtaposition): from French juxtaposer, from Latin juxta ‘next’ + French poser ‘to place’.