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clerihew的意思

clerihew

英 ['klerɪhjuː] 美 ['klɛrɪhju]
  • n. 克莱里休4行打油诗(一种刻画人物特征的幽默讽刺诗);嵌名打油诗
  • n. (Clerihew)人名;(英)克莱里休

clerihew

英文词源


clerihew (n.)
humorous verse form, 1928, from English humorist Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), who described it in a book published 1906 under the name E. Clerihew.