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- a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.音节。
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- a character or characters representing a syllable表示音节的符号。
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- usu. with negative the least amount of speech or writing; the least mention of something只言片语：
I'd never have breathed a syllable if he'd kept quiet.
如果他当时保持沉默的话, 我决不会说一个字的。
短语
in words of one syllable
- using very simple language; expressed plainly简单明了地; 直截了当地。
派生词
syllabled
adjective诗行音节很少的诗歌。
词源
late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French sillabe, via Latin from Greek sullabē, from sun- 'together' + lambanein 'take'.