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单词 caesura
释义
caesura
noun[C]
literaturespecialized
uk
/sɪˈzjʊə.rə/us
/səˈzʊr.ə/
pluralcaesurasorcaesuraeuk/sɪˈzjʊə.raɪ/us/səˈzʊr.aɪ/
apausein alineofpoetry,especiallynear themiddleof aline
（诗行中的）休止
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(Definition ofcaesurafrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • A caesura is often called masculine when it falls after a long, feminine when it falls after a short syllable.
  • In verses of eleven or twelve syllables, however, the caesura is usually employed to give a break in a determined place.
  • The caesura is an important, though not essential, element in Spanish verse.
  • The stress immediately before the caesura must be the second most important rhythmic stress of the verse.
  • To tell the truth, they have had to listen to far too much poetry, and too many discussions on the caesura.

Examplesofcaesura

caesura
The syllable sequence after the secondcaesurainvolves a change in foot quantity to pentamoraic trochaic feet.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The colon indicates the location of thecaesuraas described in traditional descriptions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This can also be required at thecaesura.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Future researchers, however, will have to leave behind national boundaries and conventionalcaesuraif they want to take seriously the concept of intersecting memories.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Despite thecaesuraof 1989, 1945 still remains the defining moment for the present.
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The centrality of thecaesurato postwar cultural history has served to obscure much that still needs explanation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The performance correlate of thiscaesurais a perceived break in the recitation that does not affect the time of utterance of the following syllable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Is it the melodies of irregular, ametrical structure, withoutcaesura-stressing cadences?
From theCambridge English Corpus
Up until the secondcaesura, all feet but the second one could be parsed as either iambic or trochaic feet.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thecaesurapositions mark syncopation achieved by specifying strong nodes as empty.
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It would be worthwhile to obtain experimental evidence in order to compare the effects of the two kinds of caesurae on their syllabic environment.
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Freedom can be found through the imposition of a historicalcaesura, through a vanquishing of the future.
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In the first class of cases, thecaesuracorrelates with the absence of syllabic material to fill up a specific metrical position within a line.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the second class of cases, thecaesuramarks a line-internal break where the pause is not factored in while parsing a given meter.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Meters where thecaesuradoes not reflect an empty position contrast with the other set of meters in the duration of the caesural pause.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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