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alliterative

/uh-lit-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv/US // əˈlɪt əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv //

讽刺的,讽刺性的,讽刺性,夸张的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to or characterized by alliteration: alliterative verse.

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Examples

  • Even his alliterative name had mythic qualities: Ben Bradlee.

  • Like Sigurd and Gudrún, The Fall of Arthur is in alliterative verse, a mode last fashionable in the 14th century.

  • “More Mitt,” as Politico reported at least has the virtue of alliterative succinctness.

  • Every alliterative couplet had two accented syllables, containing the same initial consonants, one in each of the two sections.

  • Schipper sees in it a mixture of septenaries, alexandrines, and alliterative verse.

  • Moreover the alliterative element is considerable; the poet starts with two perfect lines, and ll.

  • It is written, like all old Teutonic work of the kind, in alliterative unrhymed rhythm.

  • The light rippling melody of this stanza is due, in considerable measure, to its fine alliterative structure.