名詞 syllable:

1. a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme

1. John explained the job to me in words of one syllable so that I would be sure to understand.
   約翰把這件工作向我解釋得簡單明白，使我能確實了解情況。
2. Which syllable does the stress of this word fall on?
   這個字的重音是在哪個音節(jié)上?
3. The main stress in `photography' falls on the antepenultimate syllable.
   photography一字的主重音在倒數(shù)第三個音節(jié)上。
4. In the word `today' the accent is on the second syllable.
   today一字的重音在第二個音節(jié)上。