单词 | syllabic |
释义 | syllabic —syllabically, adv. /si lab"ik/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables. 2. pronounced with careful distinction of syllables. 3. of, pertaining to, or noting poetry based on a specific number of syllables, as distinguished from poetry depending on stresses or quantities. 4. (of chanting) having each syllable sung to one note only. 5. Phonet. a. (of a consonant) forming a syllable by itself, as the /n/ in button /but"n/ or the /l/ in bottle /bot"l/. b. (of a vowel) dominating the other sounds in a syllable; sonantal. n. 6. Phonet. a syllabic sound. [1720-30; < LL syllabicus < Gk syllabikós. See SYLLABLE, -IC] |
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