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源自诗人E.E. Cummings的姓氏,其家族姓氏可追溯至古英语。诗人本人常将姓氏全小写作为个人标识。
❶ 指美国著名诗人E.E. Cummings(1894-1962),以其独特的排版风格和实验性诗歌闻名。
“We studied Cummings' unconventional use of punctuation in literature class.”
(我们在文学课上研究了卡明斯标点符号的非传统用法。)
“Cummings often wrote his name in lowercase letters as e.e. cummings.”
(卡明斯经常将自己的名字以小写字母e.e. cummings书写。)
in the style of Cummings — 形容模仿卡明斯诗歌特色的创作方式,通常指打破传统排版规则、使用特殊标点的风格。
“The young poet wrote a love poem in the style of Cummings.”
(这位年轻诗人用卡明斯的风格写了一首情诗。)