limerick是什么意思？

limerick

英[ˈlɪmərɪk] 美['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

• Will someone please help me fill in the blanks in my limerick? 有谁愿意帮我填五行打油诗?
• 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.
• 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.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  五行打油诗
  A limerick is a humorous poem which has five lines.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  五行打油诗(通常幽默)
  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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba