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prosody

/pros-uh-dee/US // ˈprɒs ə di //UK // (ˈprɒsədɪ) //

语气词,语境,表达方式,语气

Related Words

poem诗,诗歌,诗句,诗词poetry诗歌,诗词,诗,诗篇metrics度量衡,衡量标准,度量,指标

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
    • : a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton's prosody.
    • : Linguistics. the stress and intonation patterns of an utterance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounversification
Synonyms
metrics度量衡,衡量标准,度量,指标poem诗,诗歌,诗句,诗词poetry诗歌,诗词,诗,诗篇poetic rhythm诗意的韵律,诗意的节奏,诗词韵律,诗律

Examples

  • He hoped to treat the subject exhaustively in his forthcoming treatise on Ecclesiastical Prosody.

  • It is common for those that deliver the grammar of modern languages, to omit the Prosody.

  • He always mentioned her as "that dear invaluable creature, Miss Prosody."

  • "Perhaps," said Lilla, frankly, with furtive enjoyment of Miss Prosody's stiffening face.

  • They had been reckoning on the phenomenon of Miss Prosody, subjugated by hunger, eating pie with her fingers.

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