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单词 metrical
释义 met·ri·cal
\ˈme.trə̇kəl, -rēk-\ adjective
or met·ric \-rik, -rēk\
Etymology: metrical from Latin metricus (from Greek metrikos, from metron measure, meter + -ikos -ic) + English -al; metric from Latin metricus — more at measure
1. : of, determined by, or in meter
 < sent his mind ticking in a vague metrical rhythm — Joseph Hitrec >
 < anything metrical is rhythmical, but not all rhythms may be successfully reduced to meter — D.A.Stauffer >
 < even very irregular poems, which are generally included in anthologies as metrical rather than free verse — Evelyn H. Scholl >
 < not a metrical romanticist — Jonathan Daniels >
 < metrical accent >
2. : used in, involving, or relating to measurement
 < the metrical properties of space — James Jeans >
 < science is nothing if it is not metrical — T.H.Savory >
3. [metric (I) ] mathematics : relating to or capable of being defined by a metric
met·ri·cal·ly \-rə̇k(ə)lē, -rēk-, -li\ adverb
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