iambic
 (a.)抑揚格的;短長格的


 I·am·bic a.
 1. Pros. Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
 2. Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.


 I·am·bic, n.
 1. Pros. (a) An iambic foot; an iambus. (b) A verse composed of iambic feet.
 Note: ☞ The following couplet consists of iambic verses.
 Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase fame
 In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram.   --Dryden.
 2. A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.

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 iambic
      adj : of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter"
      n : a verse line consisting of iambs