doggerel
UK/'dɒgәrәl/US
GREC2
释义
n.
Comic or badly written verse with forced, irregular rhythm
打油诗;粗劣的韵文
adj.
(Of verse) crude, irregular, comically bad
(诗)粗劣的,蹩脚的
词根拆分
词根派生大概是 dog + 一个表小/表贬的后缀。这里的 dog 带着古旧的贬义——低劣、廉价、不值钱。doggerel 因此是「狗诗」:笨拙、顺口溜式、严肃诗人会不屑一顾的诗。
词根 dog 还连着 4 个词常用搭配
- 1.comic doggerel滑稽的打油诗
- 2.rhyming doggerel押韵的打油诗
例句
- 1.
The greeting card was filled with cheerful doggerel.
这张贺卡里满是欢快的打油诗。
- 2.
Critics dismissed his poems as mere doggerel.
评论家把他的诗贬为不过是打油诗。