| 单词 | polysyllabic |
| 释义 | polysyllabic (once / 47468 pages) adj Polysyllabic words have many syllables. The word librarian is polysyllabic, but the word book is not. You can use the polysyllabic word polysyllabic for a word with more than one syllable, but it generally refers to words with more than three, like hippopotamus and misunderstanding. Sometimes people also describe long speeches or books full of unnecessarily big words as polysyllabic: "I got very sleepy listening to his polysyllabic lecture on philosophy." The Greek roots of this word are poly-, "many," and syllabe, "a syllable." WORD FAMILYpolysyllabic: polysyllabically USAGE EXAMPLESBut it was fun to hear the announcer pronounce the alternating vowels and consonants of his melodically polysyllabic name. Washington Post(Oct 24, 2016) These are built on foundations of salt and monosodium glutamate, artificial flavors, artificial colors, polysyllabic ingredients that are difficult to pronounce much less identify. New York Times(Jan 25, 2016) Welles was at the time in the grip of the semioticians: everything was polyvalent, polysemous, above all polysyllabic. The Guardian(Nov 28, 2015) 1adj having or characterized by words of more than three syllables Syn syllabic consisting of a syllable or syllables 2adj (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables Syn sesquipedalian long primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified |
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