haiku

haiku — noun

1. A short type of poem from Japan with a tradition of three unrhymed lines followi

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釋義

A short type of poem from Japan with a tradition of three unrhymed lines following a five-seven-five syllable pattern, usually about a moment in nature.

例句

The teacher asked the class to write a haiku about autumn leaves.

collocation: write a haiku about [topic]

My grandmother wrote a beautiful haiku about the cherry blossoms in her garden.

同義詞
  • tanka

    A longer Japanese poem with five lines and a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern; haiku has only three lines.

  • senryu

    Similar three-line form but focuses on human nature and humour rather than the natural world.

文法句型

a + haiku (singular countable)

two haiku (invariable plural)

write + haiku (uncountable, no article)

haiku + about / on + topic

用法筆記

The plural is usually haiku (not haikus), though haikus is sometimes used informally. This noun can be countable (a haiku, three haiku) or uncountable (she writes haiku).

常見錯誤

❌I wrote a haiku that rhymed at the end of each line.
✅I wrote a haiku with no rhyme at all.
💡Traditional haiku do not use rhyme, unlike many English poems.
❌I wrote a haikus about my cat.
✅I wrote a haiku about my cat.
💡Haiku is usually invariable in the plural; it does not add -s.