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单词 spondee
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
spon•dee  (spondē),USA pronunciation n. [Pros.]
  1. Poetrya foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter.
  • Greek  spondeîos,  derivative  of  spondé̄ libation
  • Latin spondēus
  • Middle English sponde 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
spondee /ˈspɒndiː/ n
  1. a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables (– –)
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French spondée, from Latin spondēus, from Greek spondeios, from spondē a ritual libation; from the use of spondee in the music that characteristically accompanied such ceremonies
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