tribrach

n. 三短节音步

发音

UK /ˈtɹaɪbɹæk/
UK /ˈtɹɪbɹæk/
UK /ˈtɹʌɪbɹak/
UK /ˈtɹɪbɹak/

词形变化

tribrachs 复数

别名

tribracchus tribrack tribrachus tribrachys tribrac

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A metrical foot consisting of three short syllables.

    语言学

    For your foote tribracchus of all three short, ye haue very few trissillables.

    Of all the resolved feet, the Tribrach in Trochaic verse with its ictus on the first syllable ⏑́⏑⏑ is most readily recognised by the ear as equivalent to the Trochee.

  2. 1.

    A figure or object having three arms or branches.

  3. 2.

    A figure or object having three arms or branches.

    A tribrachial prehistoric flint implement.

词源

PIE word *tréyes From the Latin tribrachys, from the Ancient Greek τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς (trĭ́brăkhŭs), from τρῐ- (trĭ-, “tri-”) + βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s, “short”). Compare the French tribraque.

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