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单词 disyllable
释义

disyllable

[ dahy-sil-uh-buhl, dahy-sil-, dih- ]
/ ˈdaɪˌsɪl ə bəl, daɪˈsɪl-, dɪ- /

noun

a word of two syllables.
Also dissyllable.

Origin of disyllable

1580–90; di-1 + syllable; compare Greek disýllabos of two syllables; variant dissyllable has ss<Middle French dissilabe

Words nearby disyllable

disutility, disvalue, disyllabic, disyllabism, disyllabize, disyllable, disyoke, dit, dita, ditat Deus, ditch
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Example sentences from the Web for disyllable

  • Every pentameter of the amatory poems and the first fifteen Heroides ends in a disyllable.

    The Last Poems of Ovid|Ovid
  • In a disyllable the vowel is long by the 'apex' rule, as in 'hyphen'.

    Society for Pure English Tract 4|John Sargeaunt

British Dictionary definitions for disyllable

disyllable
/ (ˈdaɪsɪləbəl, dɪˈsɪl-) /

noun

a variant of dissyllable

Derived forms of disyllable

disyllabic (ˌdaɪsɪˈlæbɪk, ˌdɪ-), adjective
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