prosody
prosody — 名詞
1. The patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables, along with sound devices such
詩韻
詩歌的節奏與聲韻模式
The patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables, along with sound devices such as rhyme and alliteration, that give a poem its particular rhythm.
The prosody of Ignacio's haiku captured the quiet rhythm of falling rain.
Ignacio 的俳句以優美的詩韻捕捉了細雨靜靜落下的節奏。
prosody of [poem or poet]
Trang read a medieval poem aloud to hear its beautiful prosody.
Trang 大聲朗讀一首中世紀詩歌，為了感受它優美的詩韻。
The English professor explained how prosody differs in Japanese and Italian poetry.
這位英文教授解釋了日本詩和義大利詩的詩韻有何不同。
Stefan marked each stressed syllable on a Rilke poem and traced how prosody shifted with the speaker's emotions.
Stefan 在 Rilke 的詩作上標出每個重音音節，觀察詩韻如何隨情緒轉變。
traced how prosody shifts with emotions
Dewi loved how the lullaby's slow rhymes and gentle stresses calmed the baby in minutes.
Dewi 很喜歡那首搖籃曲緩慢的韻腳和輕柔的重音，總能讓寶寶快速安靜下來。
prosody features: slow rhymes, gentle stresses
- regular prosody
- prosody of a poem
- study the prosody
- natural prosody
- meter
refers specifically to the measured pattern of stressed syllables, while prosody is broader and includes rhyme, alliteration, and other sound effects
- rhythm
a more general term for any regular beat or flow, not limited to poetry analysis
- cadence
focuses on the rise and fall of the voice in a passage, often used for prose as well as poetry
用法筆記
Frequently paired with a possessive noun or of-phrase specifying which poem or poet the prosody belongs to ("the prosody of Shakespeare's sonnets").
常見錯誤
2. The way that stress, pitch, and the rise and fall of the voice work together in
語調
語言的重音與抑揚頓挫
The way that stress, pitch, and the rise and fall of the voice work together in spoken language to carry meaning and show emotion.
When Roya told the story, her warm prosody made the listeners feel excited.
Roya 說故事時，她溫暖的語調讓聽眾感到十分興奮。
possessive + prosody for emotional speech
At eight months, Mei-Lin's daughter mimicked rising question-pitch, learning Mandarin prosody before her first word.
Mei-Lin 的女兒八個月大就會模仿疑問句的上揚語調，在第一個詞彙前就學會了中文語調。
learning prosody before first words — pitch mimicry
The acting coach helped Tunde improve his prosody so the speech sounded more natural.
表演教練幫助 Tunde 改善語調，讓他的演說聽起來更自然。
improve + prosody in speech training
Linguists found that Southern dialect speakers use a wider pitch range to signal questions than Northern speakers do.
語言學家發現南方方言使用者用更寬的音高範圍表達疑問，有別於北方使用者。
comparative prosody: dialect pitch range
The singer's prosody — slowing in the chorus, voice dropping at the end — made the audience feel her sorrow.
那位歌手的語調——副歌放慢、結尾低聲——讓聽眾感受到她的悲傷。
prosody conveying emotion through speed and pitch
- natural prosody
- emotional prosody
- prosody of speech
- learn the prosody
- intonation
focuses on the rise and fall of pitch specifically, while prosody also includes stress and rhythm
- inflection
emphasises changes in the voice's pitch to express grammatical relationships or attitude
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person (speaker, singer, actor) or collective (children, speakers). Object or focus is a speech-related noun (dialect, language, speech, song).
常見錯誤
3. The academic field that examines the rhythms, meters, and sound structures used
詩律學
研究詩歌格律與作詩法的學科
The academic field that examines the rhythms, meters, and sound structures used in poetry; it can also mean a particular method or technique for composing verse.
Nellie wrote her university thesis on the prosody of ancient Greek epic poems.
Nellie 的大學論文主題是古希臘史詩的詩律學。
thesis on prosody of [period/work]
Kabir's class on prosody taught students how to write sonnets in iambic pentameter.
Kabir 的詩律學課程教學生如何用抑揚格五步格寫十四行詩。
Felipe opened his prosody textbook and studied the difference between iambic and trochaic meter.
Felipe 翻開詩律學課本，研究抑揚格與揚抑格之間的差異。
prosody textbook [subject] + studied [specific content]
The textbook on English prosody covered iambic pentameter, sonnet form, and modernist free verse.
這本英語詩律學教科書涵蓋了抑揚格五步格、十四行詩及現代主義自由詩。
specific chapters in prosody textbook
Madison studied the prosody of rap music for her linguistics research paper.
Madison 為了她的語言學研究報告，分析了饒舌音樂的詩律學。
- study of prosody
- English prosody
- book on prosody
- course in prosody
- metrics
a narrower term focusing specifically on the measured patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables
- versification
the art or practice of writing verse, emphasising technique over theoretical study
用法筆記
Capitalised as a course name or field of study ("Prosody") in formal academic contexts. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 1 describes the actual rhythmic features within a poem, while this sense refers to the systematic study or a particular theory of those features.
常見錯誤
同根字
- prosodic形容詞C1
- prosodist名詞C1
- prosodically副詞C1