iambus
n
(pl ~es or -bi ) (also iamb ) metrical foot in poetry consisting of one short or unstressed syllable followed by one long or stressed syllable 抑扬格(诗的韵步, 每一短音节或非重读音节接以一长音节或重读音节组成一步).
🗣️ 情景例句
We have a baby now.
我们现在有一个小宝宝了。
Did you go to the circus last night?
你昨晚去看马戏了吗?
When we use a phrase like 'it serves him right', we are, in part, admitting that a certain set of circumstances has enabled justice to act of its own accord.