释义 |
al·ex·an·drine I. \|alig|zandrə̇n, |el-, -lēg-, -ˌdrīn, -ˌdrēn sometimes -zȧn-\ adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Middle French alexandrin, from Alexandre Alexander the Great died 323 B.C. king of Macedonia + Middle French -in -ine; from its use in an Old French poem on Alexander : of, relating to, or having the structure of an alexandrine II. noun (-s) Usage: often capitalized : a verse of 12 syllables or of 13 syllables when with feminine rhyme consisting regularly of 6 iambics with a caesura after the 3d iambic — compare heroic verse III. adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Latin Alexandrinus, from Alexandria, Egypt + Latin -inus -ine : alexandrian |