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单词 poetic
释义 po·et·ic
\pōˈed.]ik, -et], ]ēk\ adjective
Etymology: Middle French poetique, from Latin poeticus, from Greek poiētikos capable of making, creative, poetic, from poiētēs maker, composer, poet + -ikos -ic — more at poet
1.
 a. : of or relating to poets : appropriate to or characteristic of poets
  < the personality truly and naturally poetic seems to be becoming rarer — Edmund Wilson >
  < had no poetic talents at all — Times Literary Supplement >
  < a poetic face >
 b. : given to or occupied with poetry
  < a poetic plowman >
  < a poetic family >
2.
 a. : written in verse
  < a poetic version of his earlier prose drama >
  < did a poetic paraphrase of the speech >
 b. : of, relating to, or suitable for poetry or poems
  < a poetic renaissance >
  < his small poetic output >
  < a poetic subject >
3. : having or expressing the qualities of poetry
 < poetic movements of the whole body — G.B.Shaw >
 < this essentially poetic mode of thought — Kathleen Raine >
 < a darkly poetic architectural scene — Carlyle Burrows >
4. : stilted and artificial in diction or style
 < the prose is poetic in the bad sense — M.D.Geismar >
 < uses the literary and always poetic phrase — New York Herald Tribune Book Review >
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