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单词 caesuras
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cae•su•ra or ce•su•ra /sɪˈʒʊrə, -ˈzʊrə, sɪzˈyʊrə/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. cae•su•ras or ce•su•ras, cae•su•rae or ce•su•rae 
    /sɪˈʒʊri, -ˈzʊri, sɪzˈyʊri/.USA pronunciation  
  1. Poetrya break or pause in a line of poetry.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cae•su•ra  (si zhŏŏrə, -zŏŏrə, siz yŏŏrə),USA pronunciation n., pl. cae•su•ras, cae•su•rae 
    (si zhŏŏrē, -zŏŏrē, siz yŏŏrē).USA pronunciation 
  1. Poetry[Pros.]a break, esp. a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ∥∥ presume not God to scan.
  2. Poetry[Class. Pros.]a division made by the ending of a word within a foot, or sometimes at the end of a foot, esp. in certain recognized places near the middle of a verse.
  3. any break, pause, or interruption.
Also, cesura. 
  • Latin, equivalent. to caes(us) cut (past participle of caedere) (caed- cut + -tus past participle suffix) + -ūra -ure
  • 1550–60
cae•sural, cae•suric, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
caesura /sɪˈzjʊərə/ n ( pl -ras, -rae / -riː/)
  1. (in modern prosody) a pause, esp for sense, usually near the middle of a verse line
  2. (in classical prosody) a break between words within a metrical foot, usually in the third or fourth foot of the line
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin, literally: a cutting, from caedere to cut

caeˈsural adj
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