quatrain

英 ['kwɒtreɪn] 美['kwɑtren]
  • n. 四行诗

中文词源


quatrain 四行诗

来自拉丁语quattuor,四,词源同four,quadruple,-ain,名词后缀。用于指四行诗。

英英释意


1. a stanza of four lines

英文词源


quatrain (n.)
1580s, from Middle French quatrain "four-line stanza" (16c.), from Old French quatre "four," from Latin quattuor "four" (see four).