| 单词 | r-colouring |
| 释义 | > as lemmasr-colouring r-colouring n. Phonetics the modification of a vowel sound caused by a following r, as in the U.S. pronunciation of bird, work, etc. ΚΠ 1936 Amer. Speech 11 228 Retroflexion is..interpreted liberally to mean any sort of ‘r-coloring’ of the vowel. 1950 D. Jones Phoneme xvi. 82 r-colouring, when vowels are said with simultaneous lowering of the soft palate. 2004 W. B. McGregor Lang. Kimberley, W. Austral. iv. 85 It is usually the quality of the preceding..vowel that distinguishes these consonants: it usually has an r-like quality called r-colouring near retroflexes. < as lemmas |
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