单词 | ditrochee |
释义 | ditrochee in British English (daɪˈtrəʊkiː) noun prosody a metrical foot consisting of two trochees ditrochee in American English (ˈdaiˌtrouki) noun Prosody a form of poetic meter in which two trochees constitute one metrical unit Word origin [1700–10; ‹ L ditrochaeus ‹ Gk ditróchaios, equiv. to di- di-1 + trochaîos trochee]This word is first recorded in the period 1700–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cirrus, cozy, envelope, hump, sliding scaledi- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “two,” “twice,” “double”(diphthong). On this model, di- is freely used in the formation of compound words (dicotyledon; dipolar) and in chemical terms (diatomic; disulfide) |
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