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limerick n.五行打油诗 limerick (n.) nonsense verse of five lines, 1896, perhaps from the county and city in Ireland, but if so the connection is obscure. Often (after OED's Murray) attributed to a party game in which each guest in turn made up a nonsense verse and all sang a refrain with the line "Will you come up to Limerick?" but he reported this in 1898 and earlier evidence is wanting. Or perhaps from Learic, from Edward Lear (1812-1888) English humorist who popularized the form. Earliest examples are in French, which further complicates the quest for the origin. OED's first record of the word is in a letter of Aubrey Beardsley. The place name is literally "bare ground," from Irish Liumneach, from lom "bare, thin." It was famous for hooks.The limerick may be the only traditional form in English not borrowed from the poetry of another language. Although the oldest known examples are in French, the name is from Limerick, Ireland. John Ciardi suggests that the Irish Brigade, which served in France for most of the eighteenth centiry, might have taken the form to France or developed an English version of a French form. ... The contemporary limerick usually depends on a pun or some other turn of wit. It is also likely to be somewhat suggestive or downright dirty." [Miller Williams, "Patterns of Poetry," Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1986] 【记】lime石灰 + rick 干草堆，拿干草棍沾着石灰写的打油诗

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['limərik] 【英】 n. 五行打油诗(a nonsense poem of five anapestic lines)【考】 limerick : poem / lampoon : satire(五行打油诗是一种诗 /讽刺文章是一种讽刺 作品)【记】 源自爱尔兰一首歌曲 中连唱五遍的叠句：W ill you come up to Limerick. Limerick为城市名 n. 五行打油诗(一种通俗幽默短诗, 有五行组成, 韵式为aabba)【记】源于: 利默尼里克, 爱尔兰西南部一地区, 以出产精美的绣花边闻名, 在该城有一首连续唱5遍的歌"quot;Will you come up to Limerick"quot;－五行打油诗【类】limerick: poem = lampoon: satire = farce: performance五行打油诗是一种讽刺诗 = 讽刺文章是种讽刺作品 = 笑闹剧是一种幽默表演

单词	limerick
音标	['limərik]
解释	n.五行打油诗
红宝书	【英】 n. 五行打油诗(a nonsense poem of five anapestic lines) 【考】 limerick : poem / lampoon : satire(五行打油诗是一种诗 /讽刺文章是一种讽刺作品) 【记】源自爱尔兰一首歌曲中连唱五遍的叠句：W ill you come up to Limerick. Limerick为城市名
字源	limerick (n.) nonsense verse of five lines, 1896, perhaps from the county and city in Ireland, but if so the connection is obscure. Often (after OED's Murray) attributed to a party game in which each guest in turn made up a nonsense verse and all sang a refrain with the line "Will you come up to Limerick?" but he reported this in 1898 and earlier evidence is wanting. Or perhaps from Learic, from Edward Lear (1812-1888) English humorist who popularized the form. Earliest examples are in French, which further complicates the quest for the origin. OED's first record of the word is in a letter of Aubrey Beardsley. The place name is literally "bare ground," from Irish Liumneach, from lom "bare, thin." It was famous for hooks. The limerick may be the only traditional form in English not borrowed from the poetry of another language. Although the oldest known examples are in French, the name is from Limerick, Ireland. John Ciardi suggests that the Irish Brigade, which served in France for most of the eighteenth centiry, might have taken the form to France or developed an English version of a French form. ... The contemporary limerick usually depends on a pun or some other turn of wit. It is also likely to be somewhat suggestive or downright dirty." [Miller Williams, "Patterns of Poetry," Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1986]
不择手段背单词	n. 五行打油诗(一种通俗幽默短诗, 有五行组成, 韵式为aabba) 【记】源于: 利默尼里克, 爱尔兰西南部一地区, 以出产精美的绣花边闻名, 在该城有一首连续唱5遍的歌"quot;Will you come up to Limerick"quot;－五行打油诗【类】limerick: poem = lampoon: satire = farce: performance五行打油诗是一种讽刺诗 = 讽刺文章是种讽刺作品 = 笑闹剧是一种幽默表演
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Limerick Nonsense Poem English N Verse Oed's Turn