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pantoum

/pan-toom/US // pænˈtum //UK // (pænˈtuːm) //

潘图姆

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a Malay verse form consisting of an indefinite number of quatrains with the second and fourth lines of each quatrain repeated as the first and third lines of the following one.

Examples

  • The pantoum is of Eastern origin, but it came into English through the French.