Definition of iambus in English:

iambus

nounPlural iambi, Plural iambuses ʌɪˈambəsaɪˈæmbəs

Prosody

A metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.
〔诗韵〕短长格，抑扬格
Example sentencesExamples
- The aural effect, then, is that the second and last feet are always heard as true iambuses, while the first and/or third may be spondees.
- Of the five kinds of feet illustrated here, the iambus is by far the most often used in English verse; the spondee is the rarest.
- They consist of a collection of seventeen poems in different versions of the iambus, the metre traditionally associated with lampoon.
- The metre throughout is iambic tetrameter, alternating with trimeter - in other words, lines of four iambuses alternate with lines of three.
- For example, an iamb / iambus or iambic foot is represented by an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one.

Origin

Late 16th century: Latin, from Greek iambos 'iambus, lampoon', from iaptein 'attack verbally' (because the iambic trimeter was first used by Greek satirists).

Rhymes

choriambus

Definition of iambus in US English:

iambus

nounīˈambəsaɪˈæmbəs

Prosody

another term for iamb
Example sentencesExamples
- For example, an iamb / iambus or iambic foot is represented by an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one.
- They consist of a collection of seventeen poems in different versions of the iambus, the metre traditionally associated with lampoon.
- The aural effect, then, is that the second and last feet are always heard as true iambuses, while the first and/or third may be spondees.
- Of the five kinds of feet illustrated here, the iambus is by far the most often used in English verse; the spondee is the rarest.
- The metre throughout is iambic tetrameter, alternating with trimeter - in other words, lines of four iambuses alternate with lines of three.

Origin

Late 16th century: Latin, from Greek iambos ‘iambus, lampoon’, from iaptein ‘attack verbally’ (because the iambic trimeter was first used by Greek satirists).

单词	iambus
释义	Definition of iambus in English: iambus nounPlural iambi, Plural iambuses ʌɪˈambəsaɪˈæmbəs Prosody A metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable. 〔诗韵〕短长格，抑扬格 Example sentencesExamples The aural effect, then, is that the second and last feet are always heard as true iambuses, while the first and/or third may be spondees. Of the five kinds of feet illustrated here, the iambus is by far the most often used in English verse; the spondee is the rarest. They consist of a collection of seventeen poems in different versions of the iambus, the metre traditionally associated with lampoon. The metre throughout is iambic tetrameter, alternating with trimeter - in other words, lines of four iambuses alternate with lines of three. For example, an iamb / iambus or iambic foot is represented by an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one. Origin Late 16th century: Latin, from Greek iambos 'iambus, lampoon', from iaptein 'attack verbally' (because the iambic trimeter was first used by Greek satirists). Rhymes choriambus Definition of iambus in US English: iambus nounīˈambəsaɪˈæmbəs Prosody another term for iamb Example sentencesExamples For example, an iamb / iambus or iambic foot is represented by an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one. They consist of a collection of seventeen poems in different versions of the iambus, the metre traditionally associated with lampoon. The aural effect, then, is that the second and last feet are always heard as true iambuses, while the first and/or third may be spondees. Of the five kinds of feet illustrated here, the iambus is by far the most often used in English verse; the spondee is the rarest. The metre throughout is iambic tetrameter, alternating with trimeter - in other words, lines of four iambuses alternate with lines of three. Origin Late 16th century: Latin, from Greek iambos ‘iambus, lampoon’, from iaptein ‘attack verbally’ (because the iambic trimeter was first used by Greek satirists).
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