nonsyllabic
adj. [语]不成音节的；非音节的
近义词：unsyllabic，syllabic，
英英释义
Adjective
- 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'"
- (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable;
"initial 'l' in 'little' is nonsyllabic"