trisyllable
/trahy-sil-uh-buhl, trahy-sil-, trih-/US // ˈtraɪˌsɪl ə bəl, traɪˈsɪl-, trɪ- //UK // (traɪˈsɪləbəl) //
三音节,三音节式,三音节词,三音节的
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a word of three syllables, as pendulum.
Examples
Trisyllable, trī-, or tri-sil′a-bl, n. a word of three syllables.
Trisyllab′ic, -al, pertaining to a trisyllable: consisting of three syllables.
Each line ends with a trisyllable or a tetrasyllable, with dissyllabic rhyme running through the quatrain.
Decasyllabic Verse: A verse of ten syllables may be formed by the triple repetition of the trisyllable — — /.
It gives them no direct advantage over the clod who stumbles against a trisyllable.
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