a line in poetry that has six feet (= units containing one strong syllable and one or two weaker ones), or the rhythm of poetry that has this pattern

In this Ode, Horace extolls in hexameter the virtue of his patron. 在这首颂歌中，贺拉斯采用了六音步来颂扬其庇护人的美德。

Elegaic metre is a couplet consisting of one hexameter and one pentameter. 挽歌格律是一种由一个六音步和一个五音步组成的对句。