informal to dance to a rhythm, especially in quite a slow, smooth way to music such as soul, funk, oinformal to dance to a rhythm, especially in quite a slow, smooth way to music such as soul, funk, o
groove to He slides onstage, grooving to the beat.
used to refer to a rhythm in poetry in which one strong or long syllable is followed by two unstressused to refer to a rhythm in poetry in which one strong or long syllable is followed by two unstress
（诗歌）扬抑抑格的，长短短格的 The word \"elephant\" demonstrates a dactylic stress pattern. “Elephant”这个词便是扬抑抑模式。
used to refer to a rhythm (= pattern of words) used in poetry, in which each short syllable that isused to refer to a rhythm (= pattern of words) used in poetry, in which each short syllable that is
（诗歌）短长格的;抑扬格的（诗歌的韵律模式，短促的非重读音节后跟有长的重读音节） Most of Shakespeare\'s verse is written in iambic pentameter (= rhythm with each line made of five iambic pairs). 莎士比亚的大部分诗歌都是以抑扬五音步写成的，每行诗都由五对抑扬格组成。
