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poetic

adjective
🔊/pəʊˈetɪk/
🔊/pəʊˈetɪk/
(also less frequent poetical
🔊/pəʊˈetɪkl/
🔊/pəʊˈetɪkl/
)
Idioms
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  1. [only before noun] connected with poetry; being poetry诗歌的；诗的
    • poetic language诗歌语言
    • Byron’s Poetical Works拜伦诗作
    Topics Literature and writingc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • sound
    • wax
    • …
    adverb
    • very
    • wonderfully
    • truly
    • …
    See full entry
  2. (approving) like or suggesting poetry, especially because it shows imagination and deep feeling像诗一般的；富有诗意的 synonym lyrical
    • There is a poetic quality to her playing.她的演奏富有诗意。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • His writing is self-consciously poetic.他的作品富有诗意，但颇不自然。
    • It's very easy to wax poetic about the sport of baseball.很容易把棒球运动说得富有诗意。
    • The piece ends with a truly poetic slow movement.乐曲以非常富有诗意的旋律缓缓结束。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • sound
    • wax
    • …
    adverb
    • very
    • wonderfully
    • truly
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French poétique, from Latin poeticus ‘poetic, relating to poets’, from Greek po(i)ētikos, from po(i)ētēs ‘maker, poet’, from poiein ‘create’.
Idioms
artistic/poetic licence
  1. the freedom of artists or writers to change facts in order to make a story, painting, etc. more interesting or beautiful艺术上自由发挥的权利；诗的破格Topics Literature and writingc2