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单词 cinquain
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Definition of cinquain in English:

cinquain

noun sɪŋˈkeɪnsiNGˈkān
  • (in verse) a five-line stanza.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Write a poem in cinquain or diamante format.
    • Once my students achieved success with these tasks, I would surprise them by reading aloud samples of haiku, as well as other formula verse, such as tanka and cinquain.
    • Both free verse and rhymed poetry styles are studied, including cinquain, haiku, tanka, rhopalic, echo and refrain poems, acrostics, alphabet and dictionary poems.
    • New kinds of poetry need to be explored by pupils, such as in the writing of diamantes and cinquains.

Origin

Late 19th century: French, from cinq 'five'.

Rhymes

abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne
 
 

Definition of cinquain in US English:

cinquain

nounsiNGˈkān
  • (in verse) a five-line stanza.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • New kinds of poetry need to be explored by pupils, such as in the writing of diamantes and cinquains.
    • Both free verse and rhymed poetry styles are studied, including cinquain, haiku, tanka, rhopalic, echo and refrain poems, acrostics, alphabet and dictionary poems.
    • Write a poem in cinquain or diamante format.
    • Once my students achieved success with these tasks, I would surprise them by reading aloud samples of haiku, as well as other formula verse, such as tanka and cinquain.

Origin

Late 19th century: French, from cinq ‘five’.

 
 
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