Definition of dactyl in English:

dactyl

noun ˈdaktɪlˈdæktl

Prosody

A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables or (in Greek and Latin) one long syllable followed by two short syllables.
〔诗韵〕扬抑抑格，长短短格
Example sentencesExamples
- My name is absurd too: Malachi Mulligan, two dactyls.
- Southey agrees, however, that the foot before the final trochee should always be a dactyl.
- His rhythmic faculties drive anthology-pieces like ‘The Dance’, whose dactyls skip happily over its line breaks.
- Thus a pattern consisting of five iambs would be an iambic pentameter; a pattern consisting of six dactyls would be a dactylic hexameter; and so on.
- His formula for modern heroic verse, proclaimed up front in the essay, was, in short: more dactyls than trochees, and more trochees than spondees.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek daktulos, literally 'finger' (the three bones of the finger corresponding to the three syllables).

Rhymes

pterodactyl

Definition of dactyl in US English:

dactyl

nounˈdaktlˈdæktl

Prosody

A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables or (in Greek and Latin) one long syllable followed by two short syllables.
〔诗韵〕扬抑抑格，长短短格
Example sentencesExamples
- My name is absurd too: Malachi Mulligan, two dactyls.
- His rhythmic faculties drive anthology-pieces like ‘The Dance’, whose dactyls skip happily over its line breaks.
- His formula for modern heroic verse, proclaimed up front in the essay, was, in short: more dactyls than trochees, and more trochees than spondees.
- Thus a pattern consisting of five iambs would be an iambic pentameter; a pattern consisting of six dactyls would be a dactylic hexameter; and so on.
- Southey agrees, however, that the foot before the final trochee should always be a dactyl.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek daktulos, literally ‘finger’ (the three bones of the finger corresponding to the three syllables).

单词	dactyl
释义	Definition of dactyl in English: dactyl noun ˈdaktɪlˈdæktl Prosody A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables or (in Greek and Latin) one long syllable followed by two short syllables. 〔诗韵〕扬抑抑格，长短短格 Example sentencesExamples My name is absurd too: Malachi Mulligan, two dactyls. Southey agrees, however, that the foot before the final trochee should always be a dactyl. His rhythmic faculties drive anthology-pieces like ‘The Dance’, whose dactyls skip happily over its line breaks. Thus a pattern consisting of five iambs would be an iambic pentameter; a pattern consisting of six dactyls would be a dactylic hexameter; and so on. His formula for modern heroic verse, proclaimed up front in the essay, was, in short: more dactyls than trochees, and more trochees than spondees. Origin Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek daktulos, literally 'finger' (the three bones of the finger corresponding to the three syllables). Rhymes pterodactyl Definition of dactyl in US English: dactyl nounˈdaktlˈdæktl Prosody A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables or (in Greek and Latin) one long syllable followed by two short syllables. 〔诗韵〕扬抑抑格，长短短格 Example sentencesExamples My name is absurd too: Malachi Mulligan, two dactyls. His rhythmic faculties drive anthology-pieces like ‘The Dance’, whose dactyls skip happily over its line breaks. His formula for modern heroic verse, proclaimed up front in the essay, was, in short: more dactyls than trochees, and more trochees than spondees. Thus a pattern consisting of five iambs would be an iambic pentameter; a pattern consisting of six dactyls would be a dactylic hexameter; and so on. Southey agrees, however, that the foot before the final trochee should always be a dactyl. Origin Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek daktulos, literally ‘finger’ (the three bones of the finger corresponding to the three syllables).
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