(in Greek and Latin verse) a break between words within a metrical foot (希腊诗和拉丁诗中的)音步停顿 ■(in modern verse) a pause near the middle of a line (现代诗中的)近中间停顿
派生 caesural adjective 语源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin, from caes- 'cut, hewn', from the verb caedere