A metrical law which states that if an iambic trimeter ends in a word forming a cretic, the syllable before this word must be short.
Late 19th century; earliest use found in American Journal of Philology.
英汉双解词典包含464360条英汉词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。