prosody
/ˈprɒsədɪ/noun
mass noun
1- the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry诗体; 韵律：
the translator is not obliged to reproduce the prosody of the original.
翻译家不必拘泥于把原诗的韵律特征再现出来。
1.1
- the theory or study of these patterns, or the rules governing them诗体学; 韵律学。
1.2
- the patterns of stress and intonation in a language（语言中的）重音和语调模式; 韵律结构：
the salience of prosody in child language acquisition
儿童语言习得中韵律结构的重要性
count noun early English prosodies.早期英语的重音与语调模式。
派生词
prosodic
adjectiveprosodist
noun词源
late 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'.