iamb

[ ahy-am, ahy-amb ]

/ ˈaɪ æm, ˈaɪ æmb /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR iamb ON THESAURUS.COM

noun Prosody.

a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.

Origin of iamb

First recorded in 1835–45; short for iambus

Words nearby iamb

IAF, Iago, -ial, Ialysus, IAMAW, iamb, iambic, iambic pentameter, iambus, Ian, -iana

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for iamb

Occasionally, however, and especially in the longer poems, the regular recurrence of the iamb is a little monotonous.
Studies of Contemporary Poets|Mary C. Sturgeon
Some, however, refer it to the supposed lop-sidedness or inequality of badgers' feet, answering to the ⏑— of the iamb.
Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol III|John Cleveland
The group seems a sort of combination of the iamb and trochee, and has an element in every possible zone of the movement cycle.
Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1|Various
They are both within the zone of the unaccented syllable of the iamb.
Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1|Various

The group seems an iamb with a duplicated unaccented syllable.
Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for iamb

iamb

iambus (aɪˈæmbəs)

/ (ˈaɪæm, ˈaɪæmb) /

noun plural iambs, iambi (aɪˈæmbaɪ) or iambuses prosody

a metrical foot consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one (◡ –)

a line of verse of such feet

Word Origin for iamb

C19 iamb, from C16 iambus, from Latin, from Greek iambos

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	iamb
释义	iamb [ ahy-am, ahy-amb ] / ˈaɪ æm, ˈaɪ æmb / SEE SYNONYMS FOR iamb ON THESAURUS.COM noun Prosody. a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love. Origin of iamb First recorded in 1835–45; short for iambus Words nearby iamb IAF, Iago, -ial, Ialysus, IAMAW, iamb, iambic, iambic pentameter, iambus, Ian, -iana Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for iamb Occasionally, however, and especially in the longer poems, the regular recurrence of the iamb is a little monotonous. Studies of Contemporary Poets\|Mary C. Sturgeon Some, however, refer it to the supposed lop-sidedness or inequality of badgers' feet, answering to the ⏑— of the iamb. Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol III\|John Cleveland The group seems a sort of combination of the iamb and trochee, and has an element in every possible zone of the movement cycle. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1\|Various They are both within the zone of the unaccented syllable of the iamb. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1\|Various The group seems an iamb with a duplicated unaccented syllable. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1\|Various British Dictionary definitions for iamb iamb iambus (aɪˈæmbəs) / (ˈaɪæm, ˈaɪæmb) / noun plural iambs, iambi (aɪˈæmbaɪ) or iambuses prosody a metrical foot consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one (◡ –) a line of verse of such feet Word Origin for iamb C19 iamb, from C16 iambus, from Latin, from Greek iambos Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to iamb blank verse, iambus
随便看	back float backflow back focus back foot back formation back forty back four backgammon back gear back green background backgrounder background extinction background music background processing background projection background radiation back hack backhand backhanded backhander backhaul backhoe backhouse backie

iamb

noun Prosody.

Origin of iamb

Words nearby iamb

Example sentences from the Web for iamb

British Dictionary definitions for iamb

iambus (aɪˈæmbəs)

noun plural iambs, iambi (aɪˈæmbaɪ) or iambuses prosody

Word Origin for iamb

Words related to iamb