pros·o·dy
noun/ˈprɒsədi/
/ˈprɑːsədi/
[uncountable]- (specialist) the patterns of sounds and rhythms in poetry; the study of this
Topics Literature and writingc2韵律;韵律学 - (phonetics) the part of phonetics that deals with stress and intonation as opposed to individual speech sounds
Topics Languagec2重音和语调模式;韵律结构
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin prosodia ‘accent of a syllable’, from Greek prosōidia ‘song sung to music, tone of a syllable’, from pros ‘towards’ + ōidē ‘song’.