rhyme
US: /ˈɹaɪm/
UK: /ɹˈaɪm/
UK: /ɹˈaɪm/
English Vietnamese dictionary
rhyme /raim/
- danh từ ((cũng) rime)
- (thơ ca) văn
- it is there for rhyme sake: phải đặt vào đấy cho nó có vần
- ((thường) số nhiều) bài thơ; những câu thơ có vần
- to write bad rhymes: làm thơ tồi
- there is neither rhyme reason about it
- cái đó chẳng có nghĩa lý gì
- without rhyme or reason
- vô lý
- (thơ ca) văn
- nội động từ ((cũng) rime)
- ăn vần (với nhau)
- mine and shine rhyme well: hai từ mine và shine ăn vần với nhau
- làm thơ
- ăn vần (với nhau)
- ngoại động từ ((cũng) rime)
- đặt thành thơ (một bài văn xuôi)
- làm cho từ này ăn vần với từ kia
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] a word that has the same sound or ends with the same sound as another word: Can you think of a rhyme for 'beauty'?
2 [C] a short poem in which the last word in the line has the same sound as the last word in another line, especially the next one: children's rhymes and stories
See also -
3 [U] the use of words in a poem or song that have the same sound, especially at the ends of lines: a poem written in rhyme + the poet's use of rhyme + a poem with an unusual rhyme scheme + a poem without rhyme
Idioms: there's no rhyme or reason to / for sth
without rhyme or reason if there is no rhyme or reason to sth or it happens without rhyme or reason, it happens in a way that cannot be easily explained or understood: Suddenly, without rhyme or reason, his mood changed.
+ verb
1 [V] ~ (with sth) if two words, syllables, etc. rhyme, or if one rhymes with the other, they have or end with the same sound: 'Though' rhymes with 'low'. + 'Tough' and 'through' don't rhyme. + rhyming couplets
2 [VN] ~ sth (with sth) to put words that sound the same together, for example when you are writing poetry: You can rhyme 'girl' with 'curl'.
3 [V] (of a poem) to have lines that end with the same sound: I prefer poems that rhyme.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 rime, poem, poetry, verse, versification, metrical composition, song:
The art of rhyme may well be coincident with the earliest stages of language
2 rhyme or reason. (common) sense, logic, intelligence, meaning, wisdom, rationality, rationale, soundness, organization, structure:
There appears to be no rhyme or reason behind the bombing of the library.
Collocation dictionary
1 using words that have the same sound as each other
ADJ.
internal
VERB + RHYME
write (in)
RHYME + NOUN
scheme
PREP.
in ~
a story in rhyme
2 word that has the same sound as another
ADJ.
half
PREP.
~ for
Can you think of a rhyme for ‘tragic’?
3 short piece of writing with rhyming words
ADJ.
nonsense | nursery
VERB + RHYME
recite | make up
PREP.
~ about
The kids made up a rhyme about a frog.
Concise English dictionary
rhymes|rhymed|rhymingraɪm
noun
+correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
+a piece of poetry
verb
+compose rhymes
+be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
