pyrrhic
pyrrhic1
[ˈpɪrɪk]
adjective
pyrrhic2
[ˈpɪrɪk]
noun
[ˈpɪrɪk]
adjective
- [attrib.](of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor
（胜利）皮洛士式的，得不偿失的；代价过高的
- late 19th cent.: from the name Pyrrhus + -ic
pyrrhic2
[ˈpɪrɪk]
noun
- a metrical foot of two short or unaccented syllables
二短音步，抑抑格
- written in or based on such a measure
二短音步的，抑抑格的
- early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek purrhikhios (pous) 'pyrrhic (foot'), the metre of a song accompanying a war dance, named after Purrhikhos, inventor of the dance
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