iambic

[US]/aɪ'æmbɪk/
[UK]/aɪ'æmbɪk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 〈詩〉短長格,抑揚格,抑揚格詩
Word Forms
複數iambics

Example Sentences

a poem in iambic pentameter.

以五音步抑揚格寫成的詩

a line of iambic pentameter.

一行抑揚五音步詩

a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter.

一種適合英雄的或者嚴肅的題材的韻體形式;長短格六步格詩或者短長格五步格詩。

Of the kinds of words we have enumerated it may be observed that compounds are most in place in the dithyramb, strange words in heroic, and metaphors in iambic poetry.

在上面所列舉的詞的種類中,我們可以看到複合詞最常出現在酒神頌裏,外來詞最常出現在英雄詩裏,隱喻最常出現在抑揚格詩歌裏。

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