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syllable n.音节vt.分音节 (1) 重音落在第三个音节上。(2) 你把最后一个音节读得太重。 When you're figuring out how many syllables a word has, you have to listen to how it's pronounced, not look at the spelling. Household is two syllables — which you'll hear when you say the word — even though it's got four vowels. Elephant is three syllables, and hippopotamus is five. You can also use syllable for the tiniest bits of language: "I loved every syllable of your speech," or "Please don't repeat a syllable of what I told you."

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英 ['sɪləbl] 美 ['sɪləbl] (1) The accent falls on the third syllable.(2) You put too much emphasis on the last syllable. A syllable can be made up of just a vowel — "a" can be a syllable — or a vowel and one or more consonants — "skip" is one syllable, but three sounds, or phonemes: sk-i-p. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]音节 A syllable is a part of a word that contains a single vowel sound and that is pronounced as a unit. So, for example, 'book' has one syllable, and 'reading' has two syllables. We children called her Oma, accenting both syllables.我们这群小孩叫她Oma，两个音节都重读。

英语单词	syllable
英美音标	英 ['sɪləbl] 美 ['sɪləbl]
中文释义	n.音节 vt.分音节
英语例句	(1) The accent falls on the third syllable. (2) You put too much emphasis on the last syllable.
中文例句	(1) 重音落在第三个音节上。 (2) 你把最后一个音节读得太重。
vocabulary简明	A syllable can be made up of just a vowel — "a" can be a syllable — or a vowel and one or more consonants — "skip" is one syllable, but three sounds, or phonemes: sk-i-p.
vocabulary扩展	When you're figuring out how many syllables a word has, you have to listen to how it's pronounced, not look at the spelling. Household is two syllables — which you'll hear when you say the word — even though it's got four vowels. Elephant is three syllables, and hippopotamus is five. You can also use syllable for the tiniest bits of language: "I loved every syllable of your speech," or "Please don't repeat a syllable of what I told you."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]音节 A syllable is a part of a word that contains a single vowel sound and that is pronounced as a unit. So, for example, 'book' has one syllable, and 'reading' has two syllables. We children called her Oma, accenting both syllables. 我们这群小孩叫她Oma，两个音节都重读。

Syllable Vowel Word 英 Sɪləbl] 美 Sɪləbl N.音节 Vt.分音节