counterchange

counterchange
verb
  1. [with obj.](poetic/literary)chequer with contrasting colours
    (诗/文)(用对比)使色彩交错,使斑斓
    ■(Heraldry)interchange the tinctures of (a charge) with that of a divided field
    (纹章)颠倒分界线两边的色调
noun
[mass noun]
  1. change that is equivalent in degree but opposite in effect to a previous change
    (程度相当,效果相反的)反向变化
  2. patterning in which a dark motif on a light ground alternates with the same motif light on a dark ground
    明暗交错的花纹
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a heraldic term): from French contrechanger, from contre (expressing substitution) + changer 'to change'
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