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syllable-timed

/sil-uh-buhl-tahymd/US // ˈsɪl ə bəlˌtaɪmd //

按音节编排的,按音节编排,按音节计时的,按音节计时

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Phonetics.

    • : having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.

Examples

  • The extending out of one syllable is a great songwriting device.

  • Leslie timed each of the steps to ensure split second precision.

  • Timing sex actually improves fertility: A recent study found that women who timed sex around ovulation got pregnant faster.

  • The tone of this syllable swooped up briefly, and then down.

  • Titanic has sometimes made $50,000 in a few weeks of well-timed chipping and putting at golf resorts.

  • Allcraft winced, as every syllable made known the speaker's actual strength—his own dependence and utter weakness.

  • He placed the paper on the table, and, ere he read a syllable, he laboured to compose himself.

  • He spoke with an animation and earnestness that gave an exaggerated importance to every syllable he uttered.

  • In some English schools the first syllable in “panis” sounds “pan,” in others “pain.”

  • David had replied, in that short tone of self-sufficiency which conveys so much more than the syllable would seem to warrant.