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

• Let's go see those ancient couplets.
  那我们现在就去看看那些古对联吧。
• 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。
• A witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person.
  一种诙谐的讽刺诗包含两个押韵的对句并且提到一位名人。
• 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。
• By the end of year, spring festival couplets of every family will stick out particularly.
  时至年中，家家户户门上的春联，还格外显眼。
• He follows the classicism principle, using "heroic couplets" while writing and becomes a master of it.
  他在文学创作上遵循古典主义原则，善用“英雄双韵体”，且技巧圆熟，几臻完美，令人叹为观止。
• 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。
• 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。
• This year is no exception, early to put Spring Festival couplets sent to my house.
  今年，亦不例外，早早地就把春联送到了我的家里。