| 单词 |
alliterate |
| 释义 |
▪ I. alliterate, v.|əˈlɪtəreɪt| [f. L. al-, ad- to + littera letter + -ate3, on the analogy of obliterate, f. L. oblitterāt-um, oblitterā-re, already formed in L.] 1. intr. Of words: To begin with the same letter or group of letters, to constitute alliteration.
1816Southey Lett. (1856) III. 27 Moreover, the two L's alliterate well. 2. Of persons: To compose alliteratively.
1826Q. Rev. XXXIV. 13 The letters with which we alliterate. ▪ II. alliterate, ppl. a.|əˈlɪtərət| [f. as prec., on analogy of literate, illiterate, and L. litterātus.] Alliterated; formed or placed so as to alliterate.
1871R. F. Weymouth Euph. 4 The alliterate words often have more than one letter the same: ‘Thou hast tried me, therefore trust me: I never yet failed, and now I will not faint.’ |
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