1.
One or more unstressed syllables at the beginning of a line of verse, before the reckoning of the normal meter begins.
非重读音节诗句音步开始前句首的一个或多个非重读音节
2.
an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'.
抑扬格诗中的音步是由非重读音节后跟着一个重读音节组成，如'delay'。
3.
A metrical foot having three short or unstressed syllables.
三短节韵，三短音节的音步有三个短的或非重读音节的音步
4.
a curved mark used to indicate a short or unstressed syllable of verse.
表示诗行中的短音节或非重读音节的弧形符号。
5.
A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
格律：诗歌中通常的重读音节和非重读音节的排列模式。
6.
a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember').
在两个非重读音节或短音节中间夹着一个重读音节或长音节，如单词remember。
7.
An unstressed syllable or cluster of syllables within a given metrical unit that is omitted from the scansion pattern in sprung rhythm.
一音部内的轻音节跳韵中按轻重韵律念时被省略的一个既定音步里的非重读音节或音群
8.
Unstressed or unaccented in pronunciation or poetic meter. Used of a word or syllable.
非重读的在发音或诗节中不重读的。用于一个词或音节
9.
Of, relating to, or being a vowel or syllable pronounced with little or no stress.
不重读的，轻的属于、关于或是非重读或轻读的元音或音节的
10.
Lack of accent or stress.
非重音无重音或重读
11.
A word, syllable, or sound that is unaccented.
无重读音节不重读的单词、音节或单音
12.
Designating a verse ending in which the metrical stress falls on a word or syllable that is unstressed in normal speech, such as a preposition.
弱读结尾的诗节结尾重读落在正常非重读单词或音节，如介词
13.
an atonic syllable carries no stress.
清音是不重读的音节。
14.
(music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable.
（音乐或诗）以重读拍或重读音节结尾。
15.
Accent the word "energy" on the first syllable.
"energy"这个词重读第一音节。
16.
the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'.
一个词首（通常是非重读的）元音或音节的逐步消失，如由esquire到squire。
17.
Omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable, as in scanning a verse.
非重读元音或音节的省略，例如在标出诗歌格律时
18.
The short or unaccented part of a metrical foot, especially in quantitative verse.
弱音节音步中短的或非重读的部分，尤指在长短步诗中