| 释义 |
syllable/ˈsiləb(ə)l/ 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 音节(一个不间断的发音单位，通常由一个元音加上一个或数个位于其前后的辅音组成：如 water 有 2 个音节， inferno 有 3 个音节) 2 a character or characters representing a syllable 音节符号 3 (usu. with neg. 通常与否定词连用) the least amount of speech or writing (说话或写作的)只言片语 did not utter a syllable 一言不发 ●v. tr. pronounce by syllables; articulate distinctly 按音节发音；清晰地发音 □ in words of one syllable expressed plainly or bluntly 浅显明了地 □ syllabled adj. (also in comb. 亦用于复合词)[Middle English via Anglo-French sillable, Old French sillabe and Latin syllaba from Greek sullabē (as SYN-, lambanō ‘take’)] |