a limerick about [topic]
表示主题时介词用 about。注意:小写 limerick 指五行打油诗,大写 Limerick 指爱尔兰的利默里克市。
She wrote a limerick about a clumsy waiter.
她写了一首关于笨手笨脚的服务员的五行打油诗。
利默里克
五行打油诗(幽默粗俗,五音步,韵式aabba,节奏8-8-5-5-8);爱尔兰西南部的港口城市;一种幽默的五行诗,押韵格式为aabba;五行打油诗
城市名,首字母大写。
五行打油诗(幽默粗俗,五音步,韵式aabba,节奏8-8-5-5-8)
A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.
爱尔兰西南部的港口城市
port city in southwestern Ireland
一种幽默的五行诗,押韵格式为aabba
a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba
At camp, we had to memorize a limerick and recite it to the group.
在夏令营,我们必须背一首五行打油诗,并在小组面前背诵。
用法提示:limerick 为可数名词,意思为‘五行打油诗’,此处作及物动词 memorize 的宾语。
She enjoys writing limericks because they are short and playful.
她喜欢写五行打油诗,因为这种诗短小诙谐。
用法提示:limericks 是 limerick 的复数形式,此处作 writing 的宾语。
The last line of a limerick often contains the punchline.
五行打油诗的最后一行通常是点睛之笔。
用法提示:limerick 作介词 of 的宾语,表示‘五行打油诗’这一类事物。
表示主题时介词用 about。注意:小写 limerick 指五行打油诗,大写 Limerick 指爱尔兰的利默里克市。
She wrote a limerick about a clumsy waiter.
她写了一首关于笨手笨脚的服务员的五行打油诗。
in the form of ... 意为“以……的形式”,of 后接名词。
The announcement was made in the form of a limerick.
公告是以五行打油诗的形式发布的。
限制性定语从句修饰 limerick 时,关系代词可用 that 或 which。
I shared a limerick that made everyone smile.
我分享了一首让大家微笑的五行打油诗。
grammar · medium
易错句子He wrote two limerick.
正确表达He wrote two limericks.
limerick 是可数名词,复数形式是 limericks。
grammar · medium
易错句子She read limerick to the class.
正确表达She read a limerick to the class.
limerick 是可数名词单数,单独作宾语时前面需要加不定冠词 a/an。
grammar · medium
易错句子Can you compose a limerick poem?
正确表达Can you compose a limerick?
limerick 本身就指一种五行打油诗,再加 poem 属于冗余。
limerick(小写)指五行打油诗,Limerick(首字母大写)是爱尔兰城市名。注意首字母大小写即可区分。
limerick 是五行打油诗,格式固定(AABBA 韵式且内容幽默);lyric 是抒情诗,行数不限,重在表达个人情感。两者都属诗歌,但格式和风格不同。
写一首五行打油诗
Can you write a limerick for the school magazine?
你能为校刊写一首五行打油诗吗?
背诵一首五行打油诗
The teacher asked each student to recite a limerick from memory.
老师要求每个学生凭记忆背诵一首五行打油诗。
一首关于[话题]的五行打油诗
He wrote a limerick about his noisy neighbors.
他写了一首关于吵闹邻居的五行打油诗。
五行打油诗比赛
She won first prize in the school limerick competition.
她在学校五行打油诗比赛中获得一等奖。
五行打油诗集
He published a collection of limericks last year.
他去年出版了一本五行打油诗集。
著名的五行打油诗
She recited a famous limerick at the party.
她在聚会上背诵了一首著名的五行打油诗。
单纯词,无前缀/后缀;源自爱尔兰城市Limerick
五行打油诗是唯一一种自带笑声的诗歌形式。
She recited a hilarious limerick at the poetry slam.
她在诗歌朗诵会上朗诵了一首滑稽的五行打油诗。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.