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pentameter

noun
🔊/penˈtæmɪtə(r)/
🔊/penˈtæmɪtər/
 [countable, uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. a line of poetry with five stressed syllables; the rhythm of poetry with five stressed syllables to a line五音步诗行；五音步诗律Topics Literature and writingc2
    Word Originearly 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek pentametros (see penta- and meter, sense 3).