[每日] iambic (a) 抑揚格的
Word of the Day (Friday December 19, 2008)
iambic \ahy-AM-bik\, adjective:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/3a5cg
1. of or consisting of iambic measures
noun:
1. a foot or measure in poetry consisting of two syllables, an
unaccented followed by an accented or a short syllable followed
by a long
Besides, as Andrei Bely demonstrated 70 years ago, the melodic
quality of Pushkin's meters derives from his variable pattern of
withholding the metrical stress from positions where it would be
expected in traditional Russian iambic tetrameter and pentameter.
-- Simon Karlinsky, New York Times, 9/26/1982
Los Pastores was old even when Shakespeare was counting out the
iambic pentameter as he wrote Romeo's speeches. One historian
claims that "Los Pastores" was passed on, word of mouth, from one
generation to another, until 100 years ago.
-- Claire Martin, Denver Post, 12/3/2000
by 1575, from Latin iambicus, from Greek iambikos, from iambos
"metrical foot of one unaccented followed by one accented
syllable," from iaptein "to assail" (in words); the meter of
invective and lampoon in classical Greek from the time it was
used for such by Archilochos, 7c. B.C.E.
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