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limerick ['lɪmərɪk]

n. 五行打油诗(一种通俗幽默短诗,有五行组成,韵式为aabba);
复数:: limericks

例句:

  • It was a penalty-riddled start to proceedings in Limerick.
    来自BBC
  • He is full of imagination and can knock off a limerick in a few minutes.
    他富于想象方,只几分钟就能写出一首五行打油诗.
  • Or God will toss off a limerick for your pleasure.
    或者上帝为了使你高兴而抛出一首五行打油诗.
  • Will someone please help me fill in the blanks in my limerick?
    有谁愿意帮我填五行打油诗?
  • The rather feeble drolleries of the early limerick books.
    来自H. Carpenter
  • I tried it myself, searching for the first part of a limerick: There was a young man from Darjeeling who got on a bus.
    来自BBC