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单词 dodecasyllable
释义

dodecasyllable

[ doh-dek-uh-sil-uh-buhl, doh-dek- ]
/ doʊˌdɛk əˈsɪl ə bəl, ˌdoʊ dɛk- /

noun

a word or line of verse containing 12 syllables.

Origin of dodecasyllable

First recorded in 1745–55; dodeca- + syllable

Words nearby dodecasyllable

dodecaphonic, dodecaphonism, dodecastyle, dodecastylos, dodecasyllabic, dodecasyllable, dodecyl aldehyde, dodecylphenol, dodge, dodge ball, Dodge City
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Example sentences from the Web for dodecasyllable

  • Hitherto the decasyllable and the dodecasyllable had been used indiscriminately, and Ronsard's Franciade is written in the former.

    A Short History of French Literature|George Saintsbury

  • This dodecasyllable has a short metrical pause after the sixth syllable, and a longer one after the twelfth.

    Legends, Tales and Poems|Gustavo Adolfo Becquer

British Dictionary definitions for dodecasyllable

dodecasyllable
/ (ˌdəʊdɛkəˈsɪləbəl) /

noun

prosody a line of twelve syllables
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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