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词汇 senarius
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Definition of senarius in English:

senarius

nounPlural senarii sɪˈnɛːrɪəssəˈnɛriəs
Prosody
  • A verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.

    〔诗韵〕六音步的诗(尤指抑扬格的三音格诗句)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Preserving the iambic senarii proved too restrictive, so I switched to a vaguely anapaestic waltz rhythm and made up a tune that allowed our singer to put a comic pause, if she wished, before the final syllables at the end of each line.
    • His fables, written in iambic senarii, consist of beast-tales based largely on ‘Aesop’, as well as jokes and instructive stories taken not only from Hellenistic collections but also from his own personal experience.
    • In the tragic senarius the divisions of the sense normally coincide with the main divisions of the metrical structure.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin (see senary).

Rhymes

Aquarius, calcareous, Darius, denarius, gregarious, hilarious, multifarious, nefarious, omnifarious, precarious, Sagittarius, Stradivarius, temerarious, various, vicarious

Definition of senarius in US English:

senarius

nounsəˈnerēəssəˈnɛriəs
Prosody
  • A Latin verse of six iambic feet.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His fables, written in iambic senarii, consist of beast-tales based largely on ‘Aesop’, as well as jokes and instructive stories taken not only from Hellenistic collections but also from his own personal experience.
    • In the tragic senarius the divisions of the sense normally coincide with the main divisions of the metrical structure.
    • Preserving the iambic senarii proved too restrictive, so I switched to a vaguely anapaestic waltz rhythm and made up a tune that allowed our singer to put a comic pause, if she wished, before the final syllables at the end of each line.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin (see senary).

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