英语词汇“acrostic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

acrostic

/əˈkrɒstɪk

noun

A poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.The title of the poem is a near acrostic, containing the word coital (perhaps suggestive of self and other joining together)....

So an entire stanza or page might at times intervene between the M and the U of Mud (at other points the acrostic goes line to line).
He took weekly Sabbath walks to the University of North Carolina to sell fruit, soon winning the students' admiration by composing love lyrics and acrostics to order.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French acrostiche, from Greek akrostikhis, from akron 'end' + stikhos 'row, line of verse'. The change in the ending was due to association with -ic.

acrobat from early 19th century:
The earliest acrobats were tightrope walkers, which explains why the word derives from Greek akrobatos, meaning ‘walking on tiptoe’. The akro- part of akrobatos meant ‘tip, end, or summit’ and is found in several other English words. The acropolis (mid 17th century) of a Greek city, most famously Athens, was the fortified part, which was usually built on a hill. Acrophobia (late 19th century) is fear of heights. An acronym (mid 20th century) is a word such as laser or Aids formed from the initial letters of other words, and an acrostic (late 16th century) is a poem or puzzle in which the first letters in each line form a word or words.

单词	acrostic
释义	acrostic /əˈkrɒstɪk / noun A poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.The title of the poem is a near acrostic, containing the word coital (perhaps suggestive of self and other joining together).... So an entire stanza or page might at times intervene between the M and the U of Mud (at other points the acrostic goes line to line). He took weekly Sabbath walks to the University of North Carolina to sell fruit, soon winning the students' admiration by composing love lyrics and acrostics to order. Origin Late 16th century: from French acrostiche, from Greek akrostikhis, from akron 'end' + stikhos 'row, line of verse'. The change in the ending was due to association with -ic. acrobat from early 19th century: The earliest acrobats were tightrope walkers, which explains why the word derives from Greek akrobatos, meaning ‘walking on tiptoe’. The akro- part of akrobatos meant ‘tip, end, or summit’ and is found in several other English words. The acropolis (mid 17th century) of a Greek city, most famously Athens, was the fortified part, which was usually built on a hill. Acrophobia (late 19th century) is fear of heights. An acronym (mid 20th century) is a word such as laser or Aids formed from the initial letters of other words, and an acrostic (late 16th century) is a poem or puzzle in which the first letters in each line form a word or words. Rhymes agnostic, diagnostic, gnostic, prognostic
随便看	pejoratively aslant a slap in the face a slap on the back a slap on the wrist (as) large as life asleep asleep at the wheel (or switch) ASLEF AS level a slice of life a slice of the action (as) light as a feather (as) like as not as likely as not a slip of a —— as long as as long as one's (or someone's) arm aslope a slow burn as luck would have it ASM a smack in the face (or eye) (as) mad as a box of frogs (as) mad as a gum tree full of galahs

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