enjambment

[in'dʒæmənt]
  • n. 跨行连续
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中文词源

enjambment 诗句的跨行

en-, 进入，使。-jamb, 腿，词源同gammon. 即走开一步，跨步。

英文词源

enjambment (n.)
also enjambement, 1837, from French enjambement or from enjamb (c. 1600), from French enjamber "to stride over," from en- (see en- (1)) + jambe "leg" (see jamb).