tribrach
/trahy-brak, trib-rak/US // ˈtraɪ bræk, ˈtrɪb ræk //UK // (ˈtraɪbræk, ˈtrɪb-) //
三角洲,三合院,三角形,三合会
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Prosody. a foot of three short syllables.
Examples
The Tribrach is a foot of three syllables, all short; and it may be used in the third and fourth places.
The weak feet are those which have the most short syllables or end in a short syllable; as the Pyrrhic, the Trochee, the Tribrach.
The Tribrach has all its syllables unaccented: as, "Matrmny, exquisite nss."
The Tribrach has all its syllables unaccented: as, Matrmny, exqustenss.
In place of the Iambus, a Tribrach ( ) may stand in any foot but the last.
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