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dactylic

/dak-til-ik/US // dækˈtɪl ɪk //UK // (dækˈtɪlɪk) //

二重奏,二重唱,二声部,双音节

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, containing, or characterized by dactyls: dactylic hexameter; a dactylic line.
    • : of a dactyl.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a dactylic verse.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • This may occur when the accent is on the first syllable of a foot; that is, when the foot is trochaic or dactylic.

  • Without such dactylic movement, the vocal expression of a pathos so intense would be hardly possible to the human voice.

  • In dactylic hexameter how many of these feet are there in a line?

  • Yet it is only by mere accident that Homer dealt with gods, wars, mythical events and employed dactylic hexameter.

  • A great variety of verses is used in the epitaphs, but the dactylic hexameter and the elegiac are the favorites.