couplet
/ˈkʌplət/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkʌplət/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkə-plət/ (ame, mw)
couplet — 名詞
- coupletsingular
- coupletsplural
1. a pair of lines in a poem that are written one right after the other, often with
對句
詩中相鄰的兩行押韻詩句
a pair of lines in a poem that are written one right after the other, often with matching rhythm and with end words that sound the same.
Mei-Lin wrote a couplet about cherry blossoms for her Chinese poetry class.
Mei-Lin 為了中文詩歌課寫了一組描寫櫻花的對句。
couplet about [topic]
The final couplet of the sonnet rhymed 'heart' with 'art' perfectly.
那首十四行詩的最後一組對句，用 heart 和 art 完美地押韻。
final couplet of [poem]
Amara struggled to finish the second couplet before the workshop deadline.
Amara 在寫作工坊截止前，努力完成了第二組對句。
Every couplet in Fatima's poem used a different pair of rhyming sounds.
Fatima 詩中的每一組對句都用了不同的押韻組合。
Wei and his classmates had to memorise a couplet by Tang poet Du Fu.
Wei 和同學們必須背誦一組唐代詩人杜甫的對句。
- rhyming couplet
a subtype that specifically emphasises the rhyme; all rhyming couplets are couplets, but not all couplets necessarily rhyme
- distich
a rare, technical term from classical prosody; learners will almost never encounter it outside specialised literary study
- pair of verses
a looser, non-technical expression that can refer to any two lines, not necessarily adjacent or metrically matched
用法筆記
Often used with the prepositions 'of' and 'in' to specify which poem or which part of a poem the couplet belongs to. Also common with adjectives like 'rhyming', 'final', 'closing' to describe the position or type.