The length or duration of a syllable, vowel sound, etc.
| 单词 | θ231866 |
| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [noun] > quantity (20) quantity?1566 The length or duration of a syllable, vowel sound, etc. length1762 Prosody. Quantity (of a sound or syllable). Also, long quantity (opposed to shortness). weight1898 Prosody. (See quot.) Subcategories:— disagreement of metrical and normal length (2) — long quantity (3) — long syllable (4) — short syllable (2) — substitution of long or short syllables (3) — short syllable as unit (3) |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。