mimiamb

名词 n.
/ˈmɪmɪam(b)/|/ˈmʌɪ-/    /ˈmɪmiˌæm(b)/|/ˈmaɪ-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short humorous dramatic scene in verse. rare
    — Its discovery, after a sleep of some five centuries and a half, will be as great a surprise to meteorologists as a new classical text, such as the ‘Mimiambs’ of Herondas, to Greek scholars.

词形变化

mimiambs plural

词源

From mimiambus, possibly from French mimiambe, from Ancient Greek μιμιάμβους (mimiámbous, “mime-iamb”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “actor, imitator”) + ἴαμβος (íambos, “iamb”).
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