dactyl
n
metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables, as in the line `under the `hangs on the /`bough' 扬抑抑格(即一重音节後接两个轻音的音步, 如 `under the /`blossom that /`hangs on the /`bough).
🗣️ 情景例句
Maybe we can compromise on this.
也许我们还可以协商一下。
His health has been lousy.
他的健康状况近来很糟。
The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.