trisyllabic
adjective language specialized uk/ˌtraɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ us/ˌtraɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
(词)三音节的
(of a word) having three syllables
The study of French-speaking children found that determiners were produced earlier with monosyllabic words, and later with disyllabic and trisyllabic words. 对法语儿童的研究发现,单音节词的定语较早开始使用,而双音节词和三音节词的定语使用较晚。
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- There are few monosyllabic female first names (Ann, Joan, May) and many of them are trisyllabic or more (Katharine, Elizabeth, Amanda).
- The birds make a shrill, trisyllabic alarm cry.
- When the secondary stress was lost, the initial stressed vowel in trisyllabic words was usually shortened, as shown in the examples below.
- He suggests that the presence of secondary stress caused vowels to remain short in both disyllabic and trisyllabic words.