释义 |
am·phim·a·cer \amˈfiməsə(r), ˈamfəˌmās-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin amphimacrus, from Greek amphimakros, literally, long at both ends, from amphi- + makros long — more at meager : a trisyllabic foot consisting of a short syllable between two long syllables in quantitative verse or of an unstressed syllable between two stressed syllables in accentual verse < the word runaway is an accentual amphimacer > — called also cretic |