rhyme /raɪm/ CET6+ TEM4 ( rhyming, rhymed, rhymes )

• 1. 

  V-RECIP If one word rhymes with another or if two words rhyme, they have a very similar sound. Words that rhyme with each other are often used in poems. (字、词) 押韵

  例：

  June always rhymes with moon in old love songs.

  （六月）在古老的情歌中总是和（月亮）押韵。

  例：

  ...the sort of people who give their children names that rhyme: Donnie, Ronnie, Connie.

  …给孩子们起押韵名字（如多尼、罗尼、康尼）的那种人。

• 2. 

  V-I If a poem or song rhymes, the lines end with words that have very similar sounds. (诗、歌曲) 押韵

  例：

  In his efforts to make it rhyme, he seems to have chosen the first word that came into his head.

  为了努力使其押韵，他似乎选择了进到他脑袋里的第一个词。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A rhyme is a word which rhymes with another word, or a set of lines which rhyme. 押韵词

  例：

  The one rhyme for passion is fashion.

  与passion押韵的词是fashion。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A rhyme is a short poem which has rhyming words at the ends of its lines. 押韵短诗

  例：

  He was teaching Helen a little rhyme.

  他在教海伦一首短小的押韵诗。

• 5. 

  N-UNCOUNT Rhyme is the use of rhyming words as a technique in poetry. If something is written in rhyme, it is written as a poem in which the lines rhyme. (诗歌中的) 用韵; 押韵

  例：

  The plays are in rhyme.

  这些剧作是用韵文写成的。