make position

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  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. intransitive

词形变化

makes position present,singular,third-person making position participle,present made position participle,past made position past

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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