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metrical

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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met·ri·cal /ˈmetrɪkəl/ adjective technical  ALwritten in the form of poetry, with a pattern of strong and weak beats 用诗体写的,格律诗的
Examples from the Corpus
metricalThe uncertainty of this metrical contradiction also contributes to the static mood.More literary verse usually has fewer levels of metrical organisation, thus allowing the poet a more flexible use of language.It would make a poem too stereotyped if this did in fact happen and so the metrical pattern will be varied.The treatment of rhythmical hierarchy is based on the comparatively recent theory of metrical phonology.Closely associated with the proclamation and preaching of the Word was scriptural hymnody, in the form of metrical psalms.Thus, while Storni still submits herself to a strict formal discipline, she continues to experiment with different metrical schemes.Space is devoted in the final chapter to considerations of the mentalism, or otherwise, of metrical structures.Differences between some parts of the male and female pelvis have also been described in metrical terms.
Origin metrical (1400-1500) Late Latin metricus, from Greek, from metron; → -METER
met·ri·cal adjectiveChineseSyllable
form of of in Corpus pattern poetry, a with the written strong


metrical
metrical /ˈmetrɪkəl/ adjective technical
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Late Latin
 Origin: metricus, from Greek, from metron; -meter
written in the form of poetry, with a pattern of strong and weak beats


met·ric·alBrE /ˈmetrɪkl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmetrɪkl/ 🔊 (also met·ric) adjectiveconnected with the rhythm of a poem, produced by the arrangement of stress on the syllables in each line 格律的