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

• 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。
• Couplets are the treasure of the Chinese literature, and its true of the couplets in "A Dream of Red Mansions".
  对联是中国文学的精华，《红楼梦》中的对联更是如此。
• Forms can be divided into plaque, couplets, hanging, folding screens and furniture, decorated several categories.
  形式可分匾额、对联、挂屏、屏风和家具装饰几类。
• All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper.
  所有的门都会挂上黑笔在红纸上用中国书法写的对联。
• 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。
• The author provides the analysis and comments on the English versions of the couplets from the perspective of word order and aesthetic effects.
  文章从语序和美学效果两个方面对不同的英译文进行了分析和评价。
• 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。
• I asked Lao what was his favorite among all the couplets.
  我问老先生，这么多对联，最喜欢哪一副？
• This year is no exception, early to put Spring Festival couplets sent to my house.
  今年，亦不例外，早早地就把春联送到了我的家里。
• He follows the classicism principle, using "heroic couplets" while writing and becomes a master of it.
  他在文学创作上遵循古典主义原则，善用“英雄双韵体”，且技巧圆熟，几臻完美，令人叹为观止。