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as·so·nance
/ˈæsənən(t)s/
音的類似,類音,類韻
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
As·so·nance
n.
1.
Resemblance
of
sound
.
“The
disagreeable
assonance
of
‘
sheath
'
and
‘sheathed.'”
2.
Pros.
A
peculiar
species
of
rhyme
,
in
which
the
last
accented
vowel
and
those
which
follow
it
in
one
word
correspond
in
sound
with
the
vowels
of
another
word
,
while
the
consonants
of
the
two
words
are
unlike
in
sound
;
as
,
calamo
and
platano
,
baby
and
chary
.
The
assonance
is
peculiar
to
the
Spaniard
.
--
Hallam
.
3.
Incomplete
correspondence
.
Assonance
between
facts
seemingly
remote
.
--
Lowell
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
assonance
n
:
the
repetition
of
similar
vowels
in
the
stressed
syllables
of
successive
words
[
syn
:
vowel rhyme
]
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