英语词汇syllable的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	syllable
词源	syllable [LME] Syllable comes via Old French and Latin from Greek sullabē, from sun- ‘together’ and lambanein ‘take’. A syllable is basically a group of sounds ‘taken together’ and uttered with a single effort.
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