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Definition of trochee in English: trocheenoun ˈtrəʊkiːˈtroʊki Prosody A foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable. 〔诗韵〕扬抑格，长短格（由一个长或重音节和一个短或轻音节组成的音步） Example sentencesExamples - The first line, for example, appears to begin with two unstressed syllables followed by two stressed ones, while the second line unquestionably contains a trochee and an iamb and therefore forms a choriambic foot.
- This is matched by the metre where, however, intricate use of trochees and dactyls gives a song-like quality to the verse.
- A trochee is a metrical foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short.
- We hear iambs, trochees, Virgil's hexameters, the Norse alliterative lines, each arranged in their various couplets, quatrains, choric stanzas, gnomic verses, and much more besides.
- Although not one line of iambic hexameter appears, lines sometimes begin with a trochee or spondee or two, drift gently toward an iambic norm, and then depart from it.
OriginLate 16th century: via Latin from Greek trokhaios (pous) 'running (foot)', from trekhein 'to run'. Rhymeschokey, croaky, folkie, folky, hokey, hokey-cokey, hoki, jokey, karaoke, Loki, okey-dokey, Okie, pokey, poky, smoky Definition of trochee in US English: trocheenounˈtroʊkiˈtrōkē Prosody A foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable. 〔诗韵〕扬抑格，长短格（由一个长或重音节和一个短或轻音节组成的音步） Example sentencesExamples - Although not one line of iambic hexameter appears, lines sometimes begin with a trochee or spondee or two, drift gently toward an iambic norm, and then depart from it.
- The first line, for example, appears to begin with two unstressed syllables followed by two stressed ones, while the second line unquestionably contains a trochee and an iamb and therefore forms a choriambic foot.
- This is matched by the metre where, however, intricate use of trochees and dactyls gives a song-like quality to the verse.
- We hear iambs, trochees, Virgil's hexameters, the Norse alliterative lines, each arranged in their various couplets, quatrains, choric stanzas, gnomic verses, and much more besides.
- A trochee is a metrical foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short.
OriginLate 16th century: via Latin from Greek trokhaios (pous) ‘running (foot)’, from trekhein ‘to run’. |