quadrisyllable
/kwod-ruh-sil-uh-buhl/US // ˈkwɒd rəˌsɪl ə bəl //
四音节,四个音节,四音节的,四音阶
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a word of four syllables.
Examples
Quadrisyllable, kwod-ri-sil′a-bl n. a word consisting of four syllables.
They are, in the way of metre, choriambics; and a choriambic is a quadrisyllable foot.
But Alexandrides lengthens the word into a quadrisyllable, and calls it .
Ovid admitted quadrisyllable endings more freely if they were proper names.
For Ovid's use of quadrisyllable endings for pentameters, see at ii 10 Alcinoo (p 164).
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