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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 an·a·pest /ˈænəˌpɛst/
 抑抑揚格;短短長格

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 An·a·pest n.
 1. Pros. A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (˘ ˘ -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin dĕ-ĭ-tās, and in English in-ter-vene˝, are examples of anapests.
 2. A verse composed of such feet.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 anapest
      n : a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed
          syllables [syn: anapaest]