English Dictionary

Pindaric flight

名詞

A literary passage that has no logical connection to the surrounding work, or is a long digression that becomes less and less related to the original passage.

日本語の意味

文学作品の中で、周囲の文脈や論理的な流れと繋がりがない、あるいは元の文章からだんだんと離れていく長い逸脱的な文章部分を指す。

The professor dismissed the chapter's Pindaric flight as a beautiful but irrelevant interruption.

教授はその章の叙情的な脱線を、美しいが無関係な挿入だと切り捨てた。

意味（1）

A literary passage that has no logical connection to the surrounding work, or is a long digression that becomes less and less related to the original passage.

Pindaric flights （ plural ）