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单词 iamb
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
i•amb  am, īamb),USA pronunciation n. [Pros.]
  1. Poetrya foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
  • short for iambus 1835–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
iamb /ˈaɪæm; ˈaɪæmb/, iambus /aɪˈæmbəs/ n ( pl iambs, iambi /aɪˈæmbaɪ/, iambuses)
  1. a metrical foot consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one (◡ –)
  2. a line of verse of such feet
Etymology: 19th Century iamb, from C16 iambus, from Latin, from Greek iambos
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