| 单词 |
amphibrach |
| 释义 |
amphibrach|ˈæmfɪbræk|
Also -us, -ys, -ee.
[ad. L. amphibrachus, -ys, a. Gr. ἀµϕίβραχυς short at both ends, and subst. the foot so called, f. ἀµϕί on both sides + βραχύς short. Long used in the L. forms; amphibrachee seems due to form-assoc. with spondee, trochee. In Eng. form in Craig 1847.]
In Gr. and L. prosody, a foot consisting of a long between two short syllables, as ămātă. Sometimes applied in modern prosody to an accented syllable between two unaccented, as conˈsented, draˈmatic.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 134 For your foote amphibracchus..ye haue these wordes and many like to these [rĕsīstĕd] [dĕlightfŭll]. 1749Power of Numb. in Poet. Comp. 19 Amphibrachys ˘–˘ is an Iambic ˘– and half Pyrrhic ˘. a1771Gray Corr. (1843) 260 A free verse of eleven or twelve syllables, which may consist of four Amphibrachees..so Prior: ‘As Chlōĕ căme īntŏ thĕ rōom t'ŏthĕr dāy.’ 1807Coleridge, One syllable long, with one short at each side, Amphībrăchy̆s hāstes wĭth ă stātĕly strīde. 1858Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang xxiv. 524 Theoretically we may consider the prosody of the Ormulum as composed of verses of six iambics and an amphibrach. |
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