单词 | anapaest |
释义 | anapaest/ˈanəpiːst / /ˈanəpɛst/(US anapest) noun Prosody A metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable.Thus in the last stanza quoted, after the surge of anapaests in the first two lines, spondees, dactyls, and iambs begin to appear....
Derivativesanapaestic
OriginLate 16th century: via Latin from Greek anapaistos 'reversed', from ana- 'back' + paiein 'strike' (because it is the reverse of a dactyl). |
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