| 单词 | hexameter |
| 释义 | hexameter —hexametric /hek'seuh me"trik/, hexametrical, hexametral, adj. /hek sam"i teuhr/, Pros. n. 1. a dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl, and the last is a trochee or spondee, with a caesura usually following the long syllable in the third foot. 2. any line of verse in six feet, as in English poetry. adj. 3. consisting of six metrical feet. [1540-50; < L < Gk hexámetros of six measures, equiv. to hexa- HEXA- + métr(on) measure + -os adj. suffix] |
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