dactyl
n
metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables, as in the line `under the `hangs on the /`bough' 扬抑抑格(即一重音节後接两个轻音的音步, 如 `under the /`blossom that /`hangs on the /`bough).
🗣️ 情景例句
More tax cuts are in the cards.
看来会进一步减税。
Speak of angels and you will hear their wings.
说到曹操,曹操就到。
Some of the bigger firms are engaged in researches which are of such general and fundamental nature that it is a positive advantage to them not to keep them secret.