释义 |
am·phi·brach \ˈamfəˌbrak\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin amphibrachys, from Greek, literally, short at both ends, from amphi- + brachys short — more at brief : a trisyllabic foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables in quantitative verse or of a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables in accentual verse < the word romantic is an accentual amphibrach > • am·phi·brach·ic \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|brakik\ adjective |