Nonsyllabic

(adj.) (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable; 'initial 'l' in 'little' is nonsyllabic' .

(adj.) not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong); 'the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny''; 'the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'' .

编辑:罗达