make position

短语

词形变化

makes position 三单 making position 现在分词 made position 过去式 made position 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To cause a syllable that contains a short vowel to scan as metrically long (heavy) instead of metrically short (light) by being positioned immediately after it, without affecting the length of the vowel itself.

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词源

In reference to Latin syllaba positiōne longa (“long syllable by position”), itself a calque of Ancient Greek συλλαβὴ μακρὰ θέσει (sullabḕ makrà thései).

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