polysyllabic
/pol-ee-si-lab-ik/US // ˌpɒl i sɪˈlæb ɪk //UK // (ˌpɒlɪsɪˈlæbɪk) //
多音节,多音节的,多音字,多音阶
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : consisting of several, especially four or more, syllables, as a word.
- : characterized by such words, as a language, piece of writing, etc.
Examples
They are Episcopalians or Presbyterians or some other correspondingly polysyllabic thing, as the case may be.
Hence the polysyllabic, and the descriptive character of the language, so composite in its aspect and in its forms.
The first difference between Chinese and Japanese is that the former is monosyllabic, whilst the latter is polysyllabic.
One of the most obvious defects of this school is excessive attachment to polysyllabic terms.
To what inconsequent polysyllabic question of his host did the guest return a monosyllabic negative answer?
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