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单词 octameter
释义

octameter

[ ok-tam-i-ter ]
/ ɒkˈtæm ɪ tər /
Prosody

adjective

consisting of eight measures or feet.

noun

Also octometer. an octameter verse.

Origin of octameter

1840–50; <Late Latin <Greek oktámetros (adj.), equivalent to okta-octa- + métr(on) -meter + -os adj. suffix

Words nearby octameter

octahedron, octal, octal notation, octamer, octamerous, octameter, octan, octandrious, octane, octanedioic acid, octane number
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Example sentences from the Web for octameter

  • Verses of seven and eight feet are rare; they are called heptameter and octameter, respectively.

    English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

  • The heptameter is usually divided into a tetrameter and a trimeter; the octameter, into two tetrameters.

    English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

British Dictionary definitions for octameter

octameter
/ (ɒkˈtæmɪtə) /

noun

prosody a verse line consisting of eight metrical feet
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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