[mass noun]dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse, used as a stylistic device in ancient Greek drama 交互对白(双方交互吟诵诗句,是古希腊戏剧的一种风格手段)
语源
mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek stikhomuthia, from stikhos 'row, line of verse' + muthos 'speech, talk'