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heroic meter

/hɪˈrəʊɪk ˈmiːtə/

翻译: 英雄诗体,一种常用于史诗的诗歌格律:古典希腊语和拉丁语中通常指六音步扬抑抑格(dactylic hexameter),英语中则多指五音步抑扬格(iambic pentameter)。

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/hɪˈrəʊɪk ˈmiːtə/C1formalart
  • zh英雄诗体,一种常用于史诗的诗歌格律:古典希腊语和拉丁语中通常指六音步扬抑抑格(dactylic hexameter),英语中则多指五音步抑扬格(iambic pentameter)。

A type of poetic meter commonly used in epic poetry, consisting of a line of six feet, typically dactylic hexameter in classical Greek and Latin verse, or iambic pentameter in English heroic verse.

  1. C2formal

    A type of poetic meter used in epic poetry, typically consisting of dactylic hexameter in classical Greek and Latin, or iambic pentameter in English.

    zh英雄格

    • Homer's Iliad is written in heroic meter.
    • Virgil used heroic meter for the Aeneid.
    • Milton's Paradise Lost employs heroic meter in iambic pentameter.