acrostic
acrostic
a.cros.tic AHD[…-krô“st¹k, …-kr¼s“t¹k] DJ[*6kr%8st!k, *6krKst!k] KK[*6kr%st!k, *6kr$st!k]
n.（名词）
1.A poem or series of lines in which certain letters, usually the first in each line, form a name, motto, or message when read in sequence.
离合诗，藏头诗：指一首诗或几行诗中的一些字母，通常是每一行的第一个字母，当按顺序读时可组成名字、格言或信息
2.See word square
参见 word square
ORIGIN
1.Frenchacrostiche
法语acrostiche
2.from Old French
源自 古法语
3.from Greekakrostikhis
源自 希腊语akrostikhis
4.akron [head, end] * see acro-
akron [头，尾] *参见acro-
5.stikhos [line] * see steigh-
stikhos [行] *参见 steigh-
DERIVATIVES
▪acros“tic adj.（形容词）
▪acros“tically adv.（副词）
NOTES
An acrostic gives the reader two for one,and the etymology of the word emphasizes one of these two.Our word goes back to the Greek wordakrostikhis, “acrostic,” which is a combination of Greekakron, “head,” andstikhos, “row, line of verse.” Literallyakrostikhis means “the line at the head,” emphasizing the fact that an acrostic has in addition to horizontal rows a vertical row formed of the letters at the “head” or start of each line.In ancient manuscripts, in which a line of verse did not necessarily correspond to a line of text,an acrostic would have looked particularly striking, with each of its lines standing by itself and beginning with a capital letter.Our word for this type of composition is first found in English in the 16th century.
离合诗一词实际上有两种含义，在此这个词的语源只强调其中的一种。此词可追溯到希腊词akrostikhis “藏头诗”， 是希腊字akron “头，”和stikhos “诗行”的合并。akrostikhis 本来指“在开头的诗行”， 强调一首离合诗除了水平方向的行数外，还有由每一行的“头”或起首词组成的垂直方向的诗行。在古代的作品中，一诗行并不一定要和文章中的一行相对应。一首离合诗，当其每一行单列出来，且以一大写字母开头， 那就非常引人注目了。在英语中首次用藏头诗一词表示这种作品是在16世纪
