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

• 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。
• Elegy: a poem composed in elegiac couplets.
  挽歌：用挽歌对句体写的诗歌。
• The Spring Festival is coming, so I glued a pair of gatepost couplets on my door.
  春节将至，我在自家的门上贴了一幅门对。
• On the Spring Festival couplets, good wishes are expressed.
  在春联上，抒发良好的祝愿。
• On the eve of the Spring Festival, my father and I had the red antithetical Spring Festival couplets on our doors.
  在春节前夕，也就是大年三十，爸爸和我在门上贴了春联。
• 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？
• Let's go see those ancient couplets.
  那我们现在就去看看那些古对联吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。