nonsyllabic

英 ['nɒnsɪ'læbɪk] 美 ['nɒnsɪ'læbɪk]

• adj. [语]不成音节的；非音节的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong);

   "the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'"
   "the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'"
   

2. (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable;

   "initial 'l' in 'little' is nonsyllabic"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• unsyllabic 不构成音节的...

【反义词】

• syllabic 音节主音