rhyming couplets• He corresponds frequently in rhyming couplets.• They were farcically satirical potted biographies in sets of two rhyming couplets.• The first, George Joye, embarrassed him by publishingcruderhyming couplets about Wolsey which were attributed to Tyndale.• But with his incomparable fluency, he woos her gallantly and lavishly in rhyming couplets on behalf of another.
rhyme something with something• Crystalsang a hilarious song that rhymed "Corleone" with "Home Alone."
Originrhyme1
(1100-1200)Old Frenchrime, probably from Latinrhythmus; → RHYTHM
1using words that have the same sound as each other押韻ADJECTIVE | RHYME + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤internal中間韻RHYME + NOUN➤scheme押韻格式PREPOSITION➤in rhyme押韻◇a story in rhyme(讀起來)押韻的故事rhyme
noun²
2word that has the same sound as another同韻詞ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤half半韻腳PREPOSITION➤rhyme for⋯的押韻詞◇Can you think of a rhyme for 'tragic'?你能想出一個與 tragic 同韻的詞嗎?rhyme
noun³
3short piece of writing with rhyming words押韻短文ADJECTIVE | VERB + RHYME | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤little押韻短詩➤nonsense押韻的打油詩▸➤nursery, old兒歌;舊歌謠VERB + RHYME➤recite, sing背誦/吟唱押韻詩◇The children sang a nursery rhyme.孩子們唱了一首兒歌。➤make up編押韻詩PREPOSITION➤rhyme about有關⋯的押韻詩◇The kids made up a rhyme about a frog.孩子們編了一首有關青蛙的押韻詩。