单词 | disyllable |
释义 | disyllable (once / 422119 pages) n WORD FAMILY disyllable: disyllables USAGE EXAMPLESIn his later poetry Ovid shows a steadily increasing willingness to allow his pentameters to end with words other than disyllables. Akrigg, Mark Bear, The Last Poems of Ovid(2010) It was this: Words formed from Greek disyllables in ος, whether the penultimate vowel be long or short, are monosyllables made long by e final. Bell, George, Notes and Queries, Number 179, Apri...(2010) Disyllables follow the 'apex' rule and lengthen the first vowel, as 'agent', 'decent', 'potent'. Sargeaunt, John, Society for Pure English Tract 4—Th...(2010) n a word having two syllables Syn|Hyper dissyllable word a unit of language that native speakers can identify |
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