Rhyme



GRE

解释

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• n. 押韵;v. 押韵
• ［英］ n. 押韵 ( words that rhyme at the ends) ; v. 押韵 ( end with the same sound)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun also rime

• Etymology: Middle English rime, from Anglo-French
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) rhyming verse
    • (2) poetry
  • b. a composition in verse that rhymes
• 2.
  • a. correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (as two or more words or lines of verse)
  • b. one of two or more words thus corresponding in sound
  • c. correspondence of other than terminal word sounds: as
    • (1) alliteration
    • (2) internal rhyme
• 3. rhythm, measure
• ? rhymeless adjective

II. verb also rime (rhymed; also rimed; rhyming; also riming)

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to relate or praise in rhyming verse
  • 2.
    • a. to put into rhyme
    • b. to compose (verse) in rhyme
    • c. to cause to rhyme ; use as rhyme
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to make rhymes; also to compose rhyming verse
  • 2. of a word or verse to end in syllables that are rhymes
  • 3. to be in accord ; harmonize
• ? rhymer noun

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