syllabic
英[sɪ'læbɪk]
美[sɪ'læbɪk]
英英释意
- 1. of or relating to syllables;
- "syllabic accent"
- "syllabic characters each represent a syllable"
- 2. consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters;
- "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"
- 3. (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
- 4. consisting of a syllable or syllables; constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominating the other vowel sounds in a syll
- "the syllabic `l' in `riddle' or the syllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `bot-n-y'"
- "the syllabic `o' in `oi'"
- 5. of liquids and nasals