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

• Spring Festival couplets is how come from?
  春联是怎么来的呢？
• One of the house decorations is to post couplets on doors.
  房屋装饰之一就是在门上贴对联。
• 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。
• On the Spring Festival couplets, good wishes are expressed.
  在春联上，抒发良好的祝愿。
• Emperors and literati promoted the progress that couplets integrate into landscape architecture.
  而文人士大夫和封建帝王对楹联的倡导则起了很大的促进作用。
• 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。
• The Form Characteristics of Inscribed Boards and Couplets in the Imperial Gardens of Qing Dynasty
  清代皇家园林匾额楹联的形式与特征
• They usually write poetry in heroic couplets, a polished iambic pentameter line.
  他们通常以英雄双行体创作诗歌，这是一种经过推敲的五步抑扬格诗行。
• The Spring Festival is coming, so I glued a pair of gatepost couplets on my door.
  春节将至，我在自家的门上贴了一幅门对。
• Many couplets and quatrains of Theognis fall under this head;
  许多对联和绝句的Theognis属于这一头；