单词 | choriamb |
释义 | choriamb[ kawr-ee-amb, -am, kohr- ] / ˈkɔr iˌæmb, -ˌæm, ˈkoʊr- / noun Prosody.a foot of four syllables, two short between two long or two unstressed between two stressed. Origin of choriambFirst recorded in 1835–45; short for choriambus OTHER WORDS FROM choriambcho·ri·am·bic, adjectiveWords nearby choriambchoreology, choreophrasia, choreutic, choreutics, chori-, choriamb, choriambus, choric, chorine, chorio-, chorioadenoma Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for choriambchoriamb choriambus (ˌkɒrɪˈæmbəs)/ (ˈkɒrɪˌæmb) / noun plural -ambs or -ambi (-ˈæmbaɪ)prosody a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –) Derived forms of choriambchoriambic, adjectiveWord Origin for choriambC19: from Late Latin choriambus, from Greek khoriambos, from khoreios trochee, of a chorus, from khoros chorus 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 |
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