couplets

英 [ˈkʌplɪts]

美 [ˈkʌplɪts]

n.  对句(相连的两行长度相等的诗句); 对联
couplet的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤为押韵等长的)对句;对联
  Acoupletis two lines of poetry which come next to each other, especially two lines that rhyme with each other and are the same length.
  1. ...rhyming couplets.
     押韵对句

双语例句

• The content and position of these couplets are unchanging.
  这些对联的内容和位置都是一成不变的。
• Many couplets and quatrains of Theognis fall under this head;
  许多对联和绝句的Theognis属于这一头；
• Today putting couplets has become a custom to add the festive atmosphere.
  现在贴对联已成为增添节日气氛的习俗。
• Usually, the calligraphic work contains a poem, a pair of couplets or a motto the host likes very much. If the calligraphic work is written by the host himself, it will demonstrates his aspiration and interest as well as his literary or artistic talent.
  书写的内容多半是室主人所喜爱的一首诗词、一副对联或一句格言；如果这是他自己所作的，那就更能显示他的志趣和才华了。
• Couplets are the treasure of the Chinese literature, and its true of the couplets in "A Dream of Red Mansions".
  对联是中国文学的精华，《红楼梦》中的对联更是如此。
• Emperors and literati promoted the progress that couplets integrate into landscape architecture.
  而文人士大夫和封建帝王对楹联的倡导则起了很大的促进作用。
• On the eve of the Spring Festival, my father and I had the red antithetical Spring Festival couplets on our doors.
  在春节前夕，也就是大年三十，爸爸和我在门上贴了春联。
• The author provides the analysis and comments on the English versions of the couplets from the perspective of word order and aesthetic effects.
  文章从语序和美学效果两个方面对不同的英译文进行了分析和评价。
• Elegy: a poem composed in elegiac couplets.
  挽歌：用挽歌对句体写的诗歌。
• His handwriting includes those engraved on steles, written in couplets and his letters.
  他的书法作品包括匾额、对联和信札部分。