octosyllabic

/ok-toh-si-lab-ik/US // ˌɒk toʊ sɪˈlæb ɪk //

八音节,八音节的,八音节式,八音节式的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

n.名词 noun

He revived the measure known as dcimas or espinelas, consisting of a stanza of ten octosyllabic lines.
He soon takes up the simple octosyllabic couplet, treated, however, with great freedom.
Most of the jongleurs who wrote these merry and indecent tales in octosyllabic verse were persons of less distinction.
The change is marked by a return to blank verse: the previous lines are mostly in octosyllabic couplets.
Dcimas are strophes of ten octosyllabic verses with the rhyme-scheme a b b a a c c d d c.