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?