quatrain

• n. 四行诗

来自拉丁语quattuor,四，词源同four,quadruple,-ain,名词后缀。用于指四行诗。

quatrain (n.)

1580s, from Middle French quatrain "four-line stanza" (16c.), from Old French quatre "four," from Latin quattuor "four" (see four).

1. a stanza of four lines