iambus
/aɪˈæmbəs/noun
(pl. iambuses 或iambi /-baɪ/)
- Prosody a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable【诗韵】短长格, 抑扬格。
词源
late 16th cent.: Latin, from Greek iambos 'iambus, lampoon', from iaptein 'attack verbally' (because the iambic trimeter was first used by Greek satirists).