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dissyllable

/dih-sil-uh-buhl, dis-sil-, dahy-sil-/US // dɪˈsɪl ə bəl, dɪsˈsɪl-, ˈdaɪ sɪl- //UK // (dɪˈsɪləbəl, ˈdɪsˌsɪl-, ˈdaɪsɪl-) //

异音节,双音节,异体字,异音节的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : disyllable.

Examples

  • Dissyllable nouns in er, as cnker, btter, have the accent on the former syllable.

  • It will thus be seen that many of Chaucers lines end with a dissyllable, instead of a single syllable.

  • The practice which Shelley follows in this line of making 'heaven' a dissyllable is very frequent with him.

  • Philarchus, I remember, taxes Balzac for placing twenty monosyllables in file without one dissyllable betwixt them.

  • The same soft word, which Thomasine made a dissyllable, and Boodles sang as an anthem, followed.