caesura
英 [sɪˈzjʊə.rə]
美 [səˈzʊr.ə]
caesura 音顿来自词根cid, 词源同decide, circumcise.
- caesura (n.)
- 1550s, from Latin caesura, "metrical pause," literally "a cutting," from past participle stem of caedere "to cut down" (see -cide).
- 1. After an ominous caesura the preacher continued.
- 经过不吉利的停顿之后,这位传教士继续布道.