| 释义 |
alliteration /ə-lit-ə-rāˈshən/ noun- The recurrence of the same initial sound (not necessarily letter) in words in close succession, such as ‘the low last edge of the long lone land’ (Swinburne)
- Head-rhyme, the characteristic structure of versification of Old English and other Old Germanic languages, each line having three accented syllables (two in the first half) with the same initial consonant or with different initial vowels
ORIGIN: L ad to, and lītera, littera a letter allitˈerate intransitive verb - To begin with the same sound
- To constitute alliteration
- To practise alliteration
allitˈerative adjective allitˈeratively adverb |