poem: [16] A poem is etymologically ‘something created’. The word comes via Old French poeme and Latin poēma from Greek póēma, a derivative of poeín ‘make, create’. The original sense ‘something created’ developed metaphorically via ‘literary work’ to ‘poem’. From the same Greek verb was derived poētés ‘maker’, hence ‘poet’, which produced Latin poēta and in due course English poet [13] (the Old English word for ‘poet’ had been scop, a relative of modern English scoff). Poetry [14] originated as a medieval Latin derivative of poēta. Poesy ‘poetry, poems’ [14], like poem originally a derivative Greek poeín, now has an archaic air, but it has a living descendant in posy [16], which started life as a contraction of poesy. => poesy, poet, poetry, posy
poem (n.)
1540s (replacing poesy in this sense), from Middle French poème (14c.), from Latin poema "composition in verse, poetry," from Greek poema "fiction, poetical work," literally "thing made or created," early variant of poiema, from poein, poiein, "to make or compose" (see poet). Spelling pome, representing an ignorant pronunciation, is attested from 1856.
雙語例句
1. At my brother's high school graduation the students recited a poem.
在我弟弟的高中畢業(yè)典禮上，學生們朗誦了一首詩。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Whatever its obscurities, the poem was clear on at least one count.
這首詩再怎么晦澀，至少有一點是清楚的。
來自柯林斯例句
3. To write and publish this poem was a daring, transgressive act.
創(chuàng)作并發(fā)表這首詩是一個大膽越軌的舉動。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He sees the poem as a celebration of human love.
他認為，這首詩是對人世間愛的贊美。
來自柯林斯例句
5. They must each compose a poem in strict alliterative metre.