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  • Conjugation : past  rhymed ; ing  rhyming
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

rhyme [raɪm]
  1. 1. noun [c] (sound,word) 同韵词
  2. 2. noun [c] (verse) 押韵诗
  3. 3. noun [u] (technique) 押韵
  4. 4. vi. 押韵
    without rhyme or reason
    毫无道理
  5. 5. vi. to rhyme with sth 与某词押韵

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

rhyme [raɪm]
  1. 1. n.[u] 韵;韵脚
  2. 2. n.[c] 韵文,押韵词
  3. 3. n.[u] 押韵韵律
  4. 4. vi. 创作押韵诗
  5. 5. vi. 押韵韵律和谐
  6. 6. vt. 使……押韵

Collins English-English Dictionary

rhyme [raɪm]
  1. 1. n identity of the terminal sounds in lines of verse or in words
  2. 2. n a word that is identical to another in its terminal sound
    ``while'' is a rhyme for ``mile''
  3. 3. n a verse or piece of poetry having corresponding sounds at the ends of the lines
    the boy made up a rhyme about his teacher
  4. 4. n any verse or piece of poetry
  5. 5. vb to use (a word) or (of a word) to be used so as to form a rhyme; be or make identical in sound
  6. 6. vb to render (a subject) into rhyme
  7. 7. vb to compose (verse) in a metrical structure
  8. 8. vb See also masculine rhyme feminine rhyme eye rhyme
  9. 9. vb [Etymology] C12: from Old French rime, from rimer to rhyme, from Old High German rim a number; spelling influenced by rhythm

Examples

``while'' is a rhyme for ``mile''
this proposal has no rhyme or reason
口诀
a pithy mnemonic formula (often in rhyme); mnemonic rhyme
奉和一首
write a poem in reply (to one sent by a friend, etc., using the same rhyme sequence)
没来由
without rhyme or reason
汤头歌诀
medical recipes in jingles; prescriptions in rhyme
这两句不压韵。
These two lines don't rhyme.
民谣
folk rhyme (esp. of the topical and political type)

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