Word familynounsyllabarysyllabicationsyllabicitysyllabicssyllabificationsyllabismsyllableadjectivesyllabicsyllabicalsyllabledadverbsyllabicallyverbsyllabicatesyllabifysyllabize
syllable• In some of them it is the tone of every syllable which is contrastive and therefore important.• Virtually every syllable of Kerans' testimony, it turns out, is demonstrably false.• The assumption that each characterrepresents an independentmeaningfulsyllableleads to the conclusion that each character represents a monosyllabic word.• In a one-syllable utterance, the single syllable must have one of the five tones described in the last chapter.• There are quite a few situations where it is normal for the tonicsyllable to come earlier in the tone-unit.• The first thing to be done is to make more precise the role of the tonic syllable in the tone-unit.• When the stem has two syllables the stress is sometimes on the first, sometimes on the secondsyllable of the stem.• We will not consider words with stems of more than two syllables.
Originsyllable
(1300-1400)Old Frenchsillabe, from Latin, from Greeksyllabe, from syllambanein“to gather together”, from syn- ( → SYN-) + lambanein“to take”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SYLLABLE | PHRASES | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤first, second, third, etc.第一個、第二個、第三個等音節▸➤final, last末尾音節➤middle中間音節▸➤accented, stressed, strong重讀音節;強讀音節▸➤unstressed, weak非重讀/弱讀音節➤long, short長音節;短音節➤single單音節➤nonsense無意義音節◇nonsense syllables such as 'fa-la'諸如 fa-la 等無意義音節VERB + SYLLABLE➤consist of, contain, have由音節組成;包含音節;有音節◇words that have three or more syllables有 3 個或 3 個以上音節的單詞➤pronounce發音➤utter出聲;發表意見◇Before I could utter a single syllable, she held up one warning finger.我還一聲沒出,她就舉起手指警告。◇He has never uttered a single syllable about this subject.他還從未就這個話題說過什麼。➤accent, draw out, stress強調/拉長/重讀音節◇We stress the second syllable of the word.這個詞的重音在第二個音節。PHRASES➤syllable in, syllable of⋯的音節◇the final syllable of 'Oregon'Oregon 的末尾音節PHRASES➤stress falls on a syllable, stress is on a syllable重音落在一個音節上;重音在一個音節上◇Normally the stress falls on the first syllable of a word.一般來說,重音落在單詞的第一個音節上。➤a word of one, two, etc. syllables單音節詞、雙音節詞等◇You'll have to spell it out to him, using words of one syllable (= explain it in simple language).你得用最簡單的語言給他解釋。