释义 |
coupleteer|kʌplɪˈtɪə(r)| [f. couplet + -eer.] A writer of couplets; a versifier.
1818R. Woodhouse Let. 21 Oct. in Lett. of Keats (1958) I. 382 Leave..its soul to be soothed only by rhymers & the coupleteers. 1927Observer 15 May 6 The dreary coupleteers of the eighteenth century. 1929E. Blunden Nature in Eng. Lit. v. 109 The appearance of a trim Horatian coupleteer. |