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amphibrach的意思

amphibrach

英 ['mfbrk] 美 ['mf,brk]
  • n. 短长短格;抑扬抑格

amphibrach

英文词源


amphibrach (n.)
1580s, from Latin amphibrachus, from Greek amphibrakhys, a foot consisting of a long syllable between two short, literally "short at both ends," from amphi- "on both sides" (see amphi-) + brakhys "short" (see brief (adj.)).