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词汇 alliterative
释义 alliterative
adjective
uk /əˈlɪt.ər.ə.tɪv/ us /əˈlɪt̬ər.ə.t̬ɪv/
using the same sound or sounds, especially consonant sounds, at the begining of several words that are close together: 押头韵的
What he stands for is summed up in the alliterative slogan "compassionate conservatism".
alliterative style押头韵的修辞风格
She is a wonderful poet and this is an awesomely alliterative book.她是一位出色的诗人,这本书的头韵押得十分精彩。
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alliteration
He's known for his alliterative verse.
Essential to the story's comic value is the author's love of alliterative names and bad jokes.
She has a job with an online tabloid for which she racks her brain to come up with alliterative headlines.
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics

Examples of alliterative


alliterative
In a pair such as ' boat-bag ', there is an alliterative match on the initial consonant.
Of the remaining incorrect responses, the proportion that were ' appropriate ' nouns in that context rather than rhyming/alliterative words or ' other ' responses were subjected to a pair wise comparison.
Here, an intense concentration of various sorts of wordplay and alliterative emphasis combine for a powerful rhetorical effect, precisely at the beginning of the alliterative passage.
His delivery of his alliterative rhetoric — "technicolour tantrums" was quite good—enlivens these debates, and sometimes they certainly need it.
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We heard rather less of alliterative events—devaluation, debt and deficit.
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I could add some more alliterative adjectives—anachronistic and archaic come readily to mind.
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The only attractive aspect of that is the alliterative quality of the title.
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Was that his phrase or did one of his colleagues achieve this alliterative gem?
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Hansard archive

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I notice that it is also rather alliterative.
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See alliterative verse for an explanation of these meters.
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His haughty bearing and ever-present alliterative repartee were staples of the character.
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His alliterative name is a pun on the phrase patent pending.
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Extra points are given for alliterative answers, and points are not awarded if a contestant begins their answer with the same word as another contestant's.
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They are evocative poetic descriptions of everyday things, often created to fill the alliterative requirements of the metre.
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His alliterative phrases and rich fund of expression enabled him to make the gravest and heaviest political subjects come instantly alive.
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