| 释义 |
syˈllabicate, v.
[Back-formation f. next.]
trans. To form into syllables. Also intr., to form or construct syllables; to divide a word or passage into syllables.
1654J. Brooksbank Plain, Brief, Rules of Syllabication Eng. Words 27 To Syllabicate, which is to find out a word by its syllables. 1775in Ash Suppl. 1831J. Boaden Life of Mrs. Jordan II. xx. 178 He did not syllabicate, his notion of a word was often caught from vulgar speakers. 1902H. Bradley Let. 9 Jan. in Corresp. Bridges & Bradley (1940) 9 If the Greeks syllabicated like this..a syllable ending in one or more consonants is long. 1971Language XLVII. 138 Perpetual is syllabicated as per. pety. u. al. |