Prosody

['prɒsədɪ] or ['prɑsədi]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the study of poetic meter and the art of versification.

(noun.) the patterns of stress and intonation in a language.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

整理:劳埃德

解釋/意思:

n. that part of grammar which treats of quantity accent and the laws of verse or versification.—adjs. Prosō′dial Prosod′ic -al pertaining to prosody: according to the rules of prosody.—ns. Prosō′dian Pros′odist one skilled in prosody.—adv. Prosod′ically.

手打:洛葛仙妮