释义 |
‖ huitain|wɪˈteɪn| Also 6 huiteine. [a. F. huitain (15–16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), f. huit eight.] A set or series of eight lines of verse.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. x[i]. (Arb.) 102 In a huiteine he that putteth foure verses in one concord and foure in another concord [etc.]. 1881Saintsbury in Academy 15 Jan. 40 The tendency of a sonnet is to split into a huitain and a sixain. |