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acrostic

/uh-kraw-stik, uh-kros-tik/US // əˈkrɔ stɪk, əˈkrɒs tɪk //UK // (əˈkrɒstɪk) //

讽刺诗,讽刺句,讽刺语,讽刺文

Related Words

phrase短语,短句,词组,句子cipher密码,破译,破解composition构成,组成,成分,成份acronym缩略语,首字母缩写词,简称,首字母缩写wordplay文字游戏,词语游戏,词汇游戏,词语组合

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell out a word, phrase, etc.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Also a·cros·ti·cal. of, like, or forming an acrostic.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
acronym缩略语,首字母缩写词,简称,首字母缩写cipher密码,破译,破解composition构成,组成,成分,成份phrase短语,短句,词组,句子wordplay文字游戏,词语游戏,词汇游戏,词语组合

Examples

  • I dabble in humor contests, cryptic crosswords, and acrostics.

  • You learn about the origins of jigsaw puzzles, acrostics and Archimedes boxes.

  • It would seem to be impossible to doubt her identity after the acrostic of the Amorosa Visione.

  • Each column is an acrostic of the name Martinvs Luthervs, making 80 scurrilous epithets.

  • The Acrostic and the Chronogram are both ingeniously described in the mock epic of the Scribleriad.

  • Neither the acrostic nor the Alexandrine has the property assigned to it here.

  • A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza;—read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.

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