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write/compose a sonnet
write 和 compose 都可表示创作十四行诗，compose 更正式。
She composed a sonnet for the poetry contest.
她为诗歌比赛创作了一首十四行诗。
十四行诗
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
十四行诗
a poem of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
She composed a sonnet for the poetry contest.
她为诗歌比赛创作了一首十四行诗。
一种源自意大利的固定诗体,共十四行,通常为五音步抑扬格,按少数规定韵律之一押韵。
A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
由十四行组成的诗体,押韵格式固定
a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
She wrote a sonnet about the sea for her poetry class.
她为诗歌课写了一首关于大海的十四行诗。
The teacher asked us to memorize a Shakespearean sonnet by Friday.
老师要求我们在周五前背熟一首莎士比亚十四行诗。
Many sonnets follow a strict rhyme scheme of fourteen lines.
许多十四行诗遵循十四行严格的押韵格式。
write 和 compose 都可表示创作十四行诗，compose 更正式。
She composed a sonnet for the poetry contest.
她为诗歌比赛创作了一首十四行诗。
介词 by 后接作者，表示“由……所作”。
This is a sonnet by Shakespeare.
这是莎士比亚写的一首十四行诗。
I read a sonnet about nature.
我读了一首关于自然的十四行诗。
Not this
He wrote a son for his girlfriend.
Use this
He wrote a sonnet for his girlfriend.
sonnet（十四行诗）与 son（儿子）拼写相近但含义不同；表达“写十四行诗”时应用 sonnet。
Not this
I read many sonnet in English class.
Use this
I read many sonnets in English class.
sonnet 是可数名词，复数形式为 sonnets；在 many 之后必须用复数。
Not this
He composed sonnet.
Use this
He composed a sonnet.
sonnet 是可数名词单数，单独使用时前面需要冠词或限定词；这里泛指一首十四行诗，所以用 a sonnet。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
莎士比亚体十四行诗
The Shakespearean sonnet ends with a rhyming couplet.
莎士比亚体十四行诗以押韵的对句结尾。
彼特拉克体十四行诗
The Petrarchan sonnet divides into an octave and a sestet.
彼特拉克体十四行诗分为八行诗节和六行诗节。
写一首十四行诗
She wrote a sonnet for her mother's birthday.
她为母亲的生日写了一首十四行诗。
十四行诗组诗
His sonnet sequence tells the story of a doomed love.
他的十四行诗组诗讲述了一段注定失败的爱情。
爱情十四行诗
The anthology begins with a famous love sonnet.
这部选集以一首著名的爱情十四行诗开头。
一首十四行诗是一座瞬间的丰碑。
This opening line explains that a sonnet can preserve a moment forever, making it a monument to a feeling.
这开篇之句说明，十四行诗能永远保存一个瞬间，使之成为某种情感的纪念碑。
不要蔑视十四行诗；批评家，你曾皱眉，
Wordsworth urges readers not to look down on the sonnet, reminding us that Shakespeare used this form to explore the human heart.
华兹华斯劝读者不要轻视十四行诗，并提醒我们莎士比亚曾用这种形式探索人的内心。
Use sonnet naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
sonnet 结尾是 net（网），想象一张网兜住十四行诗句，一行不多一行不少。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学讨论、诗歌分析、学术写作 sonnet 是正式的文学术语，通常用于诗歌分析、文学评论或学术写作中，日常口语中比较少见。
Words that rhyme with 'sonnet' (same stressed vowel /ɑ/): bonnet. Words that end in -net but have different vowel sounds are lookalikes: cabinet, planet, tenet, granite.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.