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单词 clerihew
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Definition of clerihew in English:

clerihew

noun ˈklɛrɪhjuːˈklɛrəˌhju
  • A short comic or nonsensical verse, typically in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length and referring to a famous person.

    克莱里休四行打油诗(滑稽,荒诞,多含两个押韵双句,句子长短不一,以名人为其主题)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Much of the lightest verse of Rochester or Buckingham has as sharp a wit as one of E. C. Bentley's clerihews.
    • There are also some laughs in the chapter on clerihews.
    • If you don't know what a ‘clerihew’ is, I will explain next week, with another example - perhaps about David Beckham.
    • The literary form, the clerihew, was invented by a schoolboy, all about Sir Humphrey Davy who lived with the odium of having discovered sodium.

Origin

1920s: named after Edmund Clerihew Bentley (see Bentley, Edmund Clerihew), who invented it.

Definition of clerihew in US English:

clerihew

nounˈklɛrəˌhjuˈklerəˌhyo͞o
  • A short comic or nonsensical verse, typically in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length and referring to a famous person.

    克莱里休四行打油诗(滑稽,荒诞,多含两个押韵双句,句子长短不一,以名人为其主题)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you don't know what a ‘clerihew’ is, I will explain next week, with another example - perhaps about David Beckham.
    • There are also some laughs in the chapter on clerihews.
    • Much of the lightest verse of Rochester or Buckingham has as sharp a wit as one of E. C. Bentley's clerihews.
    • The literary form, the clerihew, was invented by a schoolboy, all about Sir Humphrey Davy who lived with the odium of having discovered sodium.

Origin

1920s: named after Edmund Clerihew Bentley (see Bentley, Edmund Clerihew), who invented it.

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