Definition of clerihew in English:

clerihew

noun ˈklɛrɪhjuːˈklɛrəˌhju

A short comic or nonsensical verse, typically in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length and referring to a famous person.
克莱里休四行打油诗（滑稽，荒诞，多含两个押韵双句，句子长短不一，以名人为其主题）
Example sentencesExamples
- Much of the lightest verse of Rochester or Buckingham has as sharp a wit as one of E. C. Bentley's clerihews.
- There are also some laughs in the chapter on clerihews.
- If you don't know what a ‘clerihew’ is, I will explain next week, with another example - perhaps about David Beckham.
- The literary form, the clerihew, was invented by a schoolboy, all about Sir Humphrey Davy who lived with the odium of having discovered sodium.

Origin

1920s: named after Edmund Clerihew Bentley (see Bentley, Edmund Clerihew), who invented it.

Definition of clerihew in US English:

clerihew

nounˈklɛrəˌhjuˈklerəˌhyo͞o

A short comic or nonsensical verse, typically in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length and referring to a famous person.
克莱里休四行打油诗（滑稽，荒诞，多含两个押韵双句，句子长短不一，以名人为其主题）
Example sentencesExamples
- If you don't know what a ‘clerihew’ is, I will explain next week, with another example - perhaps about David Beckham.
- There are also some laughs in the chapter on clerihews.
- Much of the lightest verse of Rochester or Buckingham has as sharp a wit as one of E. C. Bentley's clerihews.
- The literary form, the clerihew, was invented by a schoolboy, all about Sir Humphrey Davy who lived with the odium of having discovered sodium.

Origin

1920s: named after Edmund Clerihew Bentley (see Bentley, Edmund Clerihew), who invented it.

词汇	clerihew
释义	Definition of clerihew in English: clerihew noun ˈklɛrɪhjuːˈklɛrəˌhju A short comic or nonsensical verse, typically in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length and referring to a famous person. 克莱里休四行打油诗（滑稽，荒诞，多含两个押韵双句，句子长短不一，以名人为其主题） Example sentencesExamples Much of the lightest verse of Rochester or Buckingham has as sharp a wit as one of E. C. Bentley's clerihews. There are also some laughs in the chapter on clerihews. If you don't know what a ‘clerihew’ is, I will explain next week, with another example - perhaps about David Beckham. The literary form, the clerihew, was invented by a schoolboy, all about Sir Humphrey Davy who lived with the odium of having discovered sodium. Origin 1920s: named after Edmund Clerihew Bentley (see Bentley, Edmund Clerihew), who invented it. Definition of clerihew in US English: clerihew nounˈklɛrəˌhjuˈklerəˌhyo͞o A short comic or nonsensical verse, typically in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length and referring to a famous person. 克莱里休四行打油诗（滑稽，荒诞，多含两个押韵双句，句子长短不一，以名人为其主题） Example sentencesExamples If you don't know what a ‘clerihew’ is, I will explain next week, with another example - perhaps about David Beckham. There are also some laughs in the chapter on clerihews. Much of the lightest verse of Rochester or Buckingham has as sharp a wit as one of E. C. Bentley's clerihews. The literary form, the clerihew, was invented by a schoolboy, all about Sir Humphrey Davy who lived with the odium of having discovered sodium. Origin 1920s: named after Edmund Clerihew Bentley (see Bentley, Edmund Clerihew), who invented it.
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