這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 limerick (poem) · Limerick (Ireland)
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limerick
組成Named from the Irish town Limerick, Irish Luimneach. The poem did not grow out of English word-parts; it borrowed the place-name.
同家族的字
- Limerickthe five-line comic poem is named after this Irish city and county
A second word, same spelling
Limerick
組成Anglicized form of Irish Luimneach, the Irish name of the town. English borrowed the place-name; it is not built from English pieces.
同家族的字
- limerickthe short five-line comic poem takes its name from this place
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Limerickname/ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk/
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A county of Ireland.
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A city in County Limerick.
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A place in the United States:
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A place in the United States:
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A place in the United States:
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A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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A habitational surname from Irish.
limericknoun/ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk/
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A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.
- The limerick, it would appear, Is a verse form we owe Edward Lear; Two long and two short Lines rhymed, as was taught, And a fifth just to bring up the rear.
- Take a look. That’s Buffy, Muffy, and Fluffy. Do they have anything in common other than names you could write a limerick around?
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。