| 单词 | alliteration |
| 释义 | alliteration /euh lit'euh ray"sheuhn/, n. 1. the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration), as in each to all. Cf. consonance (def. 4a). 2. the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid. [1650-60; < ML alliteration-, s. of alliteratio, equiv. to al- AL- + literatio, modeled after obliteratio OBLITERATION but intended to convey a deriv. of littera letter] |
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