| 单词 | syllable |
| 释义 | syllable n. & v. --n 1. a unit of pronunciation uttered without interruption, forming the whole or a part of a word and usu. having one vowel sound often with a consonant or consonants before or after: there are two syllables in water and three in inferno. 2. a character or characters representing a syllable. 3. (usu. with neg.) the least amount of speech or writing (did not utter a syllable). --vtr. pronounce by syllables; articulate distinctly. Phrases and idioms in words of one syllable expressed plainly or bluntly. Derivatives syllabled adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: ME f. AF sillable f. OF sillabe f. L syllaba f. Gk sullabe (as SYN-, lambano take) |
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