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iamb
[ ahy-am, ahy-amb ]
noun
Prosody.
- a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
iamb
/ 藞a瑟忙m; 藞a瑟忙mb; a瑟藞忙mb蓹s /
noun
- a metrical foot consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one ( )
- a line of verse of such feet
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of iamb1
C19 iamb, from C16 iambus, from Latin, from Greek iambos
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All I can say is, iamb happy to have been there for it.
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Five iambs and an anapest was the beat he tramped to now.
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Without the translation, the vuvv鈥檚 ode, its scratchy iambs and dactyls, sound like someone walking forcefully in corduroys.
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That鈥檚 the spirit of the terrible, wonderful 鈥淒esperate Measures鈥: Have iamb, will travel.
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You could wish that Mr. Stuelpnagel had found more to work with in the iambs.
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