alliteration: [17] Alliteration is an anglicization of alliterātiō, a modern Latin coinage based on the prefix ad- ‘to’ and litera ‘letter’ – from the notion of an accumulation of words beginning with the same letter. The verb alliterate is an early 19th-century back-formation from alliteration. => letter
1650s, "a begining with the same letter," from Modern Latin alliterationem (nominative alliteratio), noun of action from past participle stem of alliterare "to begin with the same letter," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + littera (also litera) "letter, script" (see letter). Formed on model of obliteration, etc. Related: Alliterational.
双语例句
1. We chose alliteration on the theory a little vulgarity enhances memory.
在理论上我们选择有点儿粗俗的头韵来帮助记忆.
来自辞典例句
2. It'seems to me that in prose alliteration should be used only for a special reason.
依我看,在散文里,头韵只能在一定的场合使用.
来自辞典例句
3. You have a true gift for inner rhyme and alliteration.
你有高明的押内韵及头韵的本事.
来自电影对白
4. Poets as we know have always a made great use of alliteration.
我们知道,诗人一般总喜欢押头韵,觉得重复一个声音会产生美的效果.
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5. What became known , with irresistible alliteration, as the credit crunch had begun.
