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单词 dissyllable
例句 dissyllable
These words are divided into two classes, dissyllables and words of three and four syllables, and introduced by a few lines of introduction, in which the words are divided by way of guidance. Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters 2011-11-16T03:00:25.713Z
Each term thus acquires five distinct meanings, and in fact represents five different words, which were phonetically distinct dissyllables, or even polysyllables in the primitive language. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z
"Or your 'Ti-mes' newspaper!" cried another, converting the title of the Thunderer into a strange dissyllable. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z
In later Gaelic literature the primitive form �riu became the dissyllable �ire; hence the Norsemen called the island the land of �ire, i.e. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z
If correctly printed, it has a dissyllable rhyme, with the accentual stress on ‘wi’ thee.’ Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, In Their Collated Readings of 1647, 1651, 1657. With an Introduction, Textual Notes, A List of Editions, An Appendis of Translation, and a Portrait.
The lines are happy in inspiration and finished in form, having only one possible defect, the use of "heralding" as a dissyllable. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922
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 trissyllable terminations. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare
The following dissyllables seem to have formed their genitive like monosyllables, and then suffered a contraction. Elements of Gaelic Grammar
Maori word for a house; a dissyllable, variously spelt, rhyming with `quarry.' Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia
The probability is that the vowel a, formerly, as in most words, had its broad sound, so that the pronunciation was scarcely perceptibly different, when used as a dissyllable or monosyllable. Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply
Points which we might criticise are the repeated use of "civilization" as a word of only four syllables, and the archaic pronunciation of "drown-ed" as a dissyllable. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922
The adaptrix, however, must be careful that the Christian name is a monosyllable and the other a dissyllable. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 26th, 1914
One of the archaic absurdities of legislative practice remaining in Commons is that a single Member has autocratic power to delay progress of particular Bills approaching Committee stage by murmuring or shouting a magic dissyllable. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914
Where we are rightly told that ‘year’ may be a dissyllable. The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising
As the broad sound became disused, to a great extent, about this time, the name was spoken, as well as spelled, as a dissyllable, the vowel having its long sound. Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply
In stanza 1, line 2, the trisyllabic word "violets" appears as a dissyllable. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922
The word bread, for example, is almost universally called bred; but in Chaucer's poetry and indeed now in Yorkshire, it is pronounced br�-�d, a dissyllable. Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
It is analytic rather than synthetic; most of its roots are monosyllables or dissyllables, and the order of their arrangement is very similar to that in English. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1
A poet, of all men, should cherish the liquid consonants, and should resist the tendency of the populace to make trochees of all dissyllables. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864
His 'yes' was on two notes and became a dissyllable. Franklin Kane
In the third line of the third stanza the word ruinous must be replaced by a true dissyllable, preferably ruin'd. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922
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
By the way, the "Description of a City Shower" contains one of the latest examples of ache as a dissyllable:— "A coming shower your shooting corns presage, Old aches throb, your hollow tooth will rage." Notes and Queries, Number 64, January 18, 1851
Your, fire, and such words as are vulgarly uttered in two syllables, are used as dissyllables by Shakespeare. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies
The radical words, mostly monosyllables or dissyllables, are estimated at 1973. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
The metre Sir Charles Bowen has selected is a form of English hexameter, with the final dissyllable shortened into a foot of a single syllable only.  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
There are twenty-two monosyllables to three of greater length, or rather to the same dissyllable thrice repeated; and that too in common parlance proncounced as a monosyllable. Notes and Queries, Number 50, October 12, 1850
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
A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trissyllable; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. The Grammar of English Grammars
In this word the particle ac, is taken from ace, land or earth; and its prefixed dissyllable Algon, from the word Algonquin. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
She looked at him closely; her ear attuned to his voice caught the slightest thickness in the dissyllable. The Beautiful and Damned
No need for more than that sad dissyllable. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger
Our dissyllables are for the most part, either iambics, as desire; or trochees, as languid. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
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
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
I said, completely baffled by this extraordinary dissyllable. The Enormous Room
But the single word which survives in the family recollection is a dissyllable, the word for milk, which was cully. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day
He generally concludes his period at the end of the couplet, and closes the couplet with a dissyllable; but he does not like Ovid make it an invariable rule. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius
Theeäze is here marked as a dissyllable, but although it is sometimes decidedly two syllables, its sounds are not always thus apparent in Somerset enunciation. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire
Sometimes he repeats the second dissyllable, making six notes in all. A Florida Sketch-Book
It is only of late years that Forbes has generally ceased to be a dissyllable. Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)
Again, some words were pronounced as dissyllables which we treat as monosyllables, and others as monosyllables which we treat as dissyllables. England's Antiphon
The practice which Shelley follows in this line of making 'heaven' a dissyllable is very frequent with him. Adonais
This is generally made a dissyllable by the Elizabethan dramatists; it occurs in the 'Tempest.' Note Book of an English Opium-Eater
Besides many readers would pronounce the word as a dissyllable or an anapæst. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
The reason is evident: our language abounds in monosyllables and dissyllables. Biographia Literaria
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 trissyllable terminations. Preface to Shakespeare
Who has sufficient "faith in Massachusetts" to remember long the decorous dissyllable connected by "and" with the name Harding? The Mirrors of Washington
Thebes, which, by Milton and by every scholar is made a monosyllable, is here made a dissyllable. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater
Philarchus, I remember, taxes Balzac for placing twenty monosyllables in file without one dissyllable betwixt them. Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry
Mr. Pembroke, who was half way through the volume, and had skipped or forgotten the earlier pages, could not understand Rickie's hesitation, nor why with such awkwardness he should pronounce the harmless dissyllable "Ansell." The Longest Journey
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