limerick

既定 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlɪməɹɪk/

名詞

A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.

日本語の意味

リメリック：ユーモラスでしばしば下世話な内容が含まれる五行詩。各行はアナパエスティック（弱強弱）なリズムを基調とし、韻律パターンはaabba、音数は一般的に8–8–5–5–8となる詩形。

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At the open-mic night, she stunned the crowd by reciting a limerick about a clumsy astronomer who tripped over his telescope.

オープンマイクの夜、彼女は望遠鏡につまずく不器用な天文学者についての、韻形がaabbaで典型的に8–8–5–5–8の拍子を持つ五行のユーモラスなアナぺース詩を朗読して聴衆を驚かせた。

詳細

意味（1）

A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.

The limerick, it would appear, Is a verse form we owe Edward Lear; Two long and two short Lines rhymed, as was taught, And a fifth just to bring up the rear.

詳細

limericks （ plural ）