syllable
noun /ˈsɪləbl/
/ˈsɪləbl/
Idioms - any of the units into which a word is divided, containing a vowel sound and usually one or more consonants
音节 - a word with two syllables
双音节单词 - a two-syllable word
双音节单词 - ‘Potato’ is stressed on the second syllable.
potato 一词的重音在第二个音节上。
Topics Languagea2- She split the word up into syllables so that he could have a go at spelling it.
她把这个词分成音节,以便他能试着把它拼写出来。 - the final syllable of ‘Oregon’
Oregon 的末尾音节 - words that have three or more syllables
有 3 个或 3 个以上音节的单词
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
- second
- third
- …
- consist of
- contain
- have
- …
- syllable in
- syllable of
- stress falls on a syllable
- stress is on a syllable
- a word of one, two, etc. syllables
- …
词源late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French sillabe, via Latin from Greek sullabē, from sun- ‘together’ + lambanein ‘take’. - a word with two syllables
Idioms
in words of one syllable
- using very simple language
用极其简单的言语 - Could you say that again in words of one syllable?
你能用很简单的言语把这再说一遍吗?
- Could you say that again in words of one syllable?