polysyllable

/pol-ee-sil-uh-buhl, pol-ee-sil-/US // ˈpɒl iˌsɪl ə bəl, ˌpɒl iˈsɪl- //UK // (ˈpɒlɪˌsɪləbəl) //

多音节,多音节的,多音阶,多音字

Definitions

n.名词 noun

Polysyllable, pol′i-sil-a-bl, n. a word of many or of more than three syllables.
The formidable polysyllable simply means, "Hatchets rattling inside the baskets of the carpenters."
"Answer me, you—" He added a brisk polysyllable in Mixo-Lydian, with the desired effect.
Yes, it is a polysyllable'—as, indeed, he had added an unnecessary syllable.
(crossing herself with superstitious awe at the polysyllable).