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单词 anapestic
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
an•a•pest or an•a•paest/ˈænəˌpɛst/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Poetrya three-syllable foot in poetry having two unaccented syllables (short beats) followed by one accented syllable (long beat).

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
an•a•pest  (anə pest′),USA pronunciation n. [Pros.]
  1. Poetrya foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce. Also, ana•paest′. 
  • Greek anápaistos struck back, reversed (as compared with a dactyl), equivalent. to ana- ana- + pais- (variant stem of paíein to strike) + -tos past participle suffix
  • Latin anapaestus
  • 1580–90
an′a•pestic, an′a•paestic, adj. 
an′a•pesti•cal•ly, an′a•paesti•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
anapaest, anapest /ˈænəpɛst -piːst/ n
  1. a metrical foot of three syllables, the first two short, the last long (◡ ◡ –)
Etymology: 17th Century: via Latin from Greek anapaistos reversed (that is, a dactyl reversed), from anapaiein, from ana- back + paiein to strike

ˌanaˈpaestic, ˌanaˈpestic adj
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