| 释义 |
ˈvowelling, vbl. n.
[f. vowel v. + -ing1.]
1.
†a. The articulation of vowels in singing. Obs.
c1500Proverbis in Antiq. Rep. IV. 406 Perfite vowellynge of a songe, to the eere is delectable. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. 284 Shee performed both so sweetely, as well for the ayring of her notes, as the vowelling of her words.
b. The pronunciation of vowels in speech.
1879G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie xxv, The grand organ roll of it [Paradise Lost] losing nothing in the Scotch voweling.
c. nonce-use.
1873–4G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 284 This is given by vowelling, which is either vowelling on (assonance) or vowelling off.
2. The insertion of vowels or vowel-signs.
1627W. Sclater Exp. 2 Thess. (1629) 95 It is reported of Ioab, that when his Teacher taught him to corrupt the text but in the vowelling, he slew him without ransome. 1870Athenæum 11 June 785/1 Our E. V., following the vowelling assigned to the Hebrew by the Rabbins, renders them ‘for ever’. 1880Encycl. Brit. XI. 797/1 The vowelling of Greek and Latin proper names shews that the vagueness of the vowels was not absolute. |