| 单词 | trisyllable |
| 例句 | My name is not so short: ’Tis a trisyllable, an’t please your worship; But vulgar tongues have made bold to profane it With the short sound of that unhallowed idol They call a kit. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z Dr. Hall has also shown that scientist, which Mr. A. J. Ellis saw fit to denounce as an "American barbaric trisyllable," was first used by an Englishman, Dr. Whewell, in 1840. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z Sappho dissolves the word ὦον into a trisyllable, making it ὤïον, when she says— They say that formerly Leda found an egg. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z A less number are dissyllabic; few exceed this; and it may be questioned, from the present state of the examination, whether there is a single primitive trisyllable. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-04T03:00:18.247Z When introduced early in the 18th century it was as a trisyllable co-co-a, a mispronunciation of cacao or cocoa, the Spanish adaptation from the Mexican cacauatl. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" The name is not Iroquois—yet it may be, too—a soft, gracious trisyllable stolen from the Lenape. The Reckoning It is conceivable that ‘mercy’ may be pronounced as a trisyllable; but in all the undoubted examples of such a metrical license, the liquid is the second of the two consonants, not the first. Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] After some experience, he contended that public men, public women, and the public press, may be all designated by one and the same trisyllable. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Could'st thou not find a trisyllable to express some parts of nature for a collection of which that learned and worthy physician is eminent? Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. In the first and fourth scenes the word “virtuous” was used as a dissyllable; in the third it was used as a trisyllable. A Study of Shakespeare It gives them no direct advantage over the clod who stumbles against a trisyllable. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 The metre requires ‘Haply’ to be pronounced as a trisyllable. Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Three consonants running, as in 'perfunctory', keep the stress where it has to be in a trisyllable, such as 'victory'. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin As with Mutineer once, he had dropped his bridle, but there was no use in uttering, as he had, then, the trisyllable which had reduced the horse to order. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him For he insists on making ‘tuberose’ a trisyllable always, as if it were a potato blossom and not a flower shaped like a tiny trumpet of ivory. Reviews Monosyllables are generally compared by adding er and est; dissyllables, trisyllables, &c. by more and most; as, mild, milder, mildest; frugal, more frugal, most frugal; virtuous, more virtuous, most virtuous. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Monosyllables, dissyllables, and trisyllables had each their distinct time. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai It is difficult to see a reason for an irregular quantity in the antepenultima of some trisyllables. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin He seems," says Dennis, "to have been the very original of our English tragical harmony, that is, the harmony of blank verse, diversified often by dissyllable and trisyllable terminations. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces I insist, he fancifully says, ‘on making “tuberose” a trisyllable always, as if it were a potato blossom and not a flower shaped like a tiny trumpet of ivory.’ Reviews "A word of three syllables is termed a trisyllable." The Grammar of English Grammars The number of dissyllables is numerous, and of trisyllables still more so. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Caesar's speech:— She dreamt last night, she saw my statue— No doubt, it should be statua, as in the same age, they more often pronounced 'heroes' as a trisyllable than dissyllable. Literary Remains, Volume 2 Our author usually makes a trisyllable of "gentleman"; here it counts only as a monosyllable. A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 Alas! tuberose is a trisyllable if properly derived from the Latin tuberosus, the lumpy flower, having nothing to do with roses or with trumpets of ivory in name any more than in nature. Reviews The comedies, however, were unfortunately modelled on those of the ancients; and the constant termination of the verse with trisyllables contributes to render them tedious. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 Pennyloaf's legal name was Penelope, which, being pronounced as a trisyllable, transformed itself by further corruption into a sound at all events conveying some meaning. The Nether World It gives no them direct advantage over the clod who stumbles against a trisyllable. Gala-days The same rule applies in such words as "creature" and "conscience," which are trisyllables. 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