| 单词 | polysyllabic word |
| 例句 | When successfully absorbed into the verbal texture, as here, those dense, polysyllabic words, freighted with Greek or Latin, give pleasure in themselves, and in terms of precise denotation. Poem of the week: The Coloration of Feathers by Ruth Fainlight 2012-02-13T09:34:36Z It grabbed every polysyllabic word and ambient alliteration available and turned it up to 12. The larger-than-life huckster dialogue of Stan Lee 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Even the sesquipedalian Tom Stoppard, I would argue, is ultimately of this school; he builds his many-splendored, polysyllabic words into towers of Babel that ultimately collapse under the weight of their own inadequacy. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: The Art of Eloquence 2012-05-03T15:07:19Z The audience was more numerous than had been expected, some 250, and exceedingly sympathetic, laughing at everything, even whenever I used a polysyllabic word. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Lastly are constructed polysyllabic words, formed by a combination into one word of two or more of the monosyllabic terms. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z "I don't think the demo-demo-demo" But before Purvis had finished his polysyllabic word, the company had time to make their farewell speeches and depart. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life An analogous case to this distributed stress but with monosyllables instead of polysyllabic words is the familiar line in Lycidas— The hungry sheep look up and are not fed. The Principles of English Versification In German, however, polysyllabic words strive to analyze themselves into significant elements. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech There seems to be something cumbrous and stately in the utterance of their long polysyllabic words, as if they could not readily be brought down to the minute distinctions of every day family conversation. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Whenever Tacitus ends a sentence with a polysyllabic word of five syllables he avoids its repetition at the close of the next sentence. Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century Like many other Oriental tongues, it was at first purely monosyllabic; but as the Pali or Sanskrit has been liberally engrafted on it, polysyllabic words have been formed. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Stress coincides with the word-accent of polysyllabic words because the accent is placed on those syllables, usually the root-syllables, which carry the essential meaning. The Principles of Aesthetics Cambodgian is isolating, but, unlike Chinese, it contains many polysyllabic words whose etymological analysis does not matter. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech A word which in itself embodies the most important part of the idea to be conveyed, especially when that idea is an emotional one, may often with advantage be a polysyllabic word. The Philosophy of Style A polysyllabic word, certainly,' said Algernon, looking with a puzzled expression at the laughers behind; and almost imagining it possible that he could have made an error, he repeated, 'Camel-le-o-pard. The Young Step-Mother But our English way is to put the emphasis on the first part of a polysyllabic word. Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria Tibetan was highly resistant to the polysyllabic words of Sanskrit because they could not automatically fall into significant syllables, as they should have in order to satisfy the Tibetan feeling for form. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech |
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