caesura
英 [sɪ'zjʊərə]
美[sɪ'zjʊrə]
- n. 韵脚的休止；（诗中）节律的停顿；句逗
英英释义
- 1. a pause or interruption (as in a conversation);
- "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued"
- 2. a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
实用场景例句
- After an ominous caesura the preacher continued.
- 经过不吉利的停顿之后,这位传教士继续布道.
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中文词源
caesura 音顿
来自词根cid, 词源同decide, circumcise.
双语例句
- 1. After an ominous caesura the preacher continued.
- 经过不吉利的停顿之后,这位传教士继续布道.
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英文词源
- caesura (n.)
- 1550s, from Latin caesura, "metrical pause," literally "a cutting," from past participle stem of caedere "to cut down" (see -cide).
词态变化
复数: caesuras; caesurae;