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单词 anapaest
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anapaest

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an·a·pest

also an·a·paest A0280600 (ăn′ə-pĕst′)n.1. A metrical foot composed of two unaccented syllables followed by one accented one, as in the word seventeen.2. A metrical foot in quantitative verse composed of two short syllables followed by one long one.
[Latin anapaestus, from Greek anapaistos : ana-, ana- + paiein, pais-, to strike (so called because an anapest is a reversed dactyl); see pau- in Indo-European roots.]
an′a·pes′tic adj.

anapaest

(ˈænəpɛst; -piːst) or

anapest

n (Poetry) prosody a metrical foot of three syllables, the first two short, the last long (˘˘¯)[C17: via Latin from Greek anapaistos reversed (that is, a dactyl reversed), from anapaiein, from ana- back + paiein to strike] ˌanaˈpaestic, ˌanaˈpestic, ˌanaˈpaestical adj
Thesaurus
Noun1.anapaest - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllablesanapestmetrical foot, metrical unit, foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
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anapaest

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Related to anapaest: anapest
  • noun

Synonyms for anapaest

noun a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

Synonyms

  • anapest

Related Words

  • metrical foot
  • metrical unit
  • foot
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