“hexapody”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

hexapody

释义

hexapody Pros.|hɛkˈsæpədɪ|
[ad. Gr. type *ἑξαποδία, f. ἑξαποδ- of six feet, f. ἕξ six (hexa-) + πούς, ποδ- foot. Cf. dipody, monopody.]
A line or ‘verse’ consisting of six feet.
1844Beck & Felton tr. Munk's Metres 16 A series of one foot is called a monopody..of six, a hexapody.1868Jebb Ajax Introd. 62 In Period I, each of the two verses is a hexapody.1879J. W. White tr. Schmidt's Rhythmic Class. Lang. 64 The hexapody commonly called ‘Alexandrine Verse’, most used by the French in their tragedies.1891Harper's Mag. Mar. 570/2 Hundreds [of folk-songs] in Hungarian music consisting of dipodies, tetrapodies, tripodies, pentapodies, and hexapodies.

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