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。
• Usually, the calligraphic work contains a poem, a pair of couplets or a motto the host likes very much. If the calligraphic work is written by the host himself, it will demonstrates his aspiration and interest as well as his literary or artistic talent.
  书写的内容多半是室主人所喜爱的一首诗词、一副对联或一句格言；如果这是他自己所作的，那就更能显示他的志趣和才华了。
• Emperors and literati promoted the progress that couplets integrate into landscape architecture.
  而文人士大夫和封建帝王对楹联的倡导则起了很大的促进作用。
• They usually write poetry in heroic couplets, a polished iambic pentameter line.
  他们通常以英雄双行体创作诗歌，这是一种经过推敲的五步抑扬格诗行。
• Let's go see those ancient couplets.
  那我们现在就去看看那些古对联吧。
• The Chinese people love to stick couplets on the Spring Festival, which are also written on red paper.
  春节时，中国人喜欢贴春联，春联也是用红纸写的。
• 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。
• In2008, the work Chinese Couplets was selected as "New Artist New Works" by Fujian Artists Association;
  2008年，作品《中国楹联》入选福建省美术家协会主办“新人新作展”。
• His handwriting includes those engraved on steles, written in couplets and his letters.
  他的书法作品包括匾额、对联和信札部分。
• 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。