used to refer to a rhythm (= pattern of words) used in poetry, in which each short syllable that is not stressed is followed by a long or stressed syllable(詩歌)短長格的;抑揚格的(詩歌的韻律模式,短促的非重讀音節後跟有長的重讀音節)
Most of Shakespeare's verse is written in iambic pentameter(= rhythm with each line made of five iambic pairs).莎士比亞的大部分詩歌都是以抑揚五音步寫成的,每行詩都由五對抑揚格組成。
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