antepenultimate
英 [ˌæn.ti.pəˈnʌl.tɪ.mət]
美 [ˌæn.ti.pəˈnʌl.ti.mət]
- adj. 倒数第三个的；倒数第三音节的
英语词源
- antepenultimate (adj.)
- "the last but two," 1730, from antepenult (n.), 1610s, abbreviation of Latin antepaenultima (syllaba), fem. of antepaenultimus, from ante "before" (see ante) + paenultima, from paen "almost" + ultima "last" (see ultimate).
权威例句
- 1. the antepenultimate item on the agenda
- 议程的倒数第三项
- 2. The main stress in'photography'falls on the antepenultimate syllable.
- photography 一字的主重音在倒数第三个音节上.