hexameter
noun [ C or U ] literature specialized uk/heksˈæm.ɪ.tər/ us/heksˈæm.ə.t̬ɚ/
六步格诗，六音步诗行
a line in poetry that has six feet (= units containing one strong syllable and one or two weaker ones), or the rhythm of poetry that has this pattern
In this Ode, Horace extolls in hexameter the virtue of his patron. 在这首颂歌中，贺拉斯采用了六音步来颂扬其庇护人的美德。
Elegaic metre is a couplet consisting of one hexameter and one pentameter. 挽歌格律是一种由一个六音步和一个五音步组成的对句。
Compare: pentameter
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- It turns out that reciting poetry - especially verse like Homer's that follows a specific rhythm called hexameter - makes an excellent breathing exercise.
- He wrote Nova Anglia, a poem in Latin hexameters.
- Hexameter is a literary and poetic form consisting of six metrical feet per line as in the Iliad.
- This was a translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh rendered literally into English hexameters.