Word · Frequency #17052
ionic
抑抑扬扬格
A four-syllable metrical unit of light-light-heavy-heavy (‿ ‿ — —) that occurs in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry.
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A four-syllable metrical unit of light-light-heavy-heavy (‿ ‿ — —) that occurs in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry.
一种四音节音步,由两短两长(‿ ‿ — —)组成,见于古希腊语和拉丁语诗歌。
一种四音节音步,由两短两长(‿ ‿ — —)组成,见于古希腊语和拉丁语诗歌。;爱奥尼亚方言
In use
She is an expert in the literature of the Ionic dialect.
The ancient text was composed in Ionic, which differs from Attic Greek.
Learning Ionic helped him read Homer more fluently.
a(n) + ionic
指“抑抑扬扬格”时是可数名词,可用不定冠词 an 修饰。
The poet uses an ionic in this verse.
诗人在这句诗中使用了一个抑抑扬扬格。
numeral + Ionics
复数形式为 Ionics;表示数量时直接用基数词修饰。
Two Ionics appear in this line.
这一行出现了两个抑抑扬扬格。
Common mistakes
The poet uses ionic in the third line.The poet uses an ionic in the third line.
‘ionic’ 作名词指“长短短长格”,是可数名词单数,前面必须有冠词 an;汉语没有冠词,学习者容易漏掉。
Ionic are used in Greek poetry.Ionics are used in Greek poetry.
主语 ‘ionic’ 指希腊诗歌中的音步,是可数名词,此处应用复数 ‘Ionics’ 以与 are 搭配;汉语名词无单复数变化,故学习者常漏掉 -s。
Connections
Collocations
- ionic a minore
- 抑抑扬扬格(两短两长)
- The chorus is written in the ionic a minore.合唱部分以抑抑扬扬格写成。
- ionic foot
- 抑抑扬扬格音步
- An ionic foot consists of two short syllables followed by two long syllables.抑抑扬扬格音步由两个短音节后接两个长音节组成。
- ionic dimeter
- 抑抑扬扬二音步
- The stanza is an ionic dimeter.这一节是抑抑扬扬二音步。
- ionic verse
- 抑抑扬扬格诗体
- The poem is composed in ionic verse.这首诗以抑抑扬扬格诗体写成。
Confusing words
- iambic
- 抑扬格,一短一长的两音节音步 · Ionic 指两短两长(‿ ‿ — —)的四音节音步;iambic 指一短一长(‿ —)的两音节音步,二者都是诗歌音步,但音节数量和节奏不同。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记“ionic”为‘爱奥尼克’:在古希腊爱奥尼柱式下诵诗,节奏如脚步‘轻轻重重’(‿‿——),两短两长组成四音节音步。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:古典诗歌格律分析、诗学与韵律学教材、文学评论 该义是韵律学术语,多用于诗歌格律研究或古典诗学讨论;日常英语中通常不使用,比较常见于学术或文学语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词均以 /ˈɒnɪk/ 结尾,与 ionic /aɪˈɒnɪk/ 的重读元音及后续音相同,押韵。注意 ironic /aɪˈrɒnɪk/ 与 ionic 拼写相近,但多一个 /r/,且含义为“讽刺的”。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.