peripeteia

詳細解釋：

peripeteia 也作 per.i.pe.ti.a

n.（名詞）
A sudden change of events or reversal of circumstances, especially in a literary work.
突變：事情或環境的突然變化，尤指在文學作品中

來源：
Greek
希臘語
from peripiptein [to change suddenly]
源自 peripiptein [突變]
peri- [peri-]
peri- [前綴，表示.周圍的.]
piptein [to fall] * see pet-
piptein [跌落] *參見 pet-