limerick
limerick 英 [ˈlɪmərɪk] 美 ['lɪmərɪk]
n. 五行打油诗（一种通俗幽默短诗，有五行组成，韵式为aabba）
名词复数:limericks
- A limerick is a humorous form of poetry that rhymes and has five lines. Many limericks are dirty.
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- n. 五行打油诗（一种通俗幽默短诗，有五行组成，韵式为aabba）
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1. Or God will toss off a limerick for your pleasure.
或者上帝为了使你高兴而抛出一首五行打油诗。
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2. Of course the poetry form called limerick takes its name from the Irish city called limerick.
这种叫做五行打油诗的诗歌的名字“limerick”来源于爱尔兰的利默里克郡。
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3. He passed away in 1888 and The Oxford English Dictionary traces the first time such poetry being called a limerick to 1896.
他于1888年去世，而《牛津英语词典》称这种诗歌第一次被称为“limerick”是在1896年。
- limerick (n.) type of nonsense verse of five lines, 1896, perhaps from the county and city of Limerick in Ireland, but if so the connection is obscure. Often (after OED's Murray) attributed to a party game in which each guest in turn made up a nonsense verse and all sang a refrain with the line "Will you come up to Limerick?" but he reported this in 1898 and earlier evidence is wanting. Or perhaps from Learic, from Edward Lear (1812-1888) English humorist who popularized the form. Earliest examples are in French, which further complicates the quest for the origin. OED's first record of the word is in a letter of Aubrey Beardsley.
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