| 单词 | phoneticize |
| 释义 | phoneticize in British English or phoneticise (fəˈnɛtɪˌsaɪz), phonetize or phonetise (ˈfəʊnɪˌtaɪz) verb (transitive) 1. to represent speech in writing using a system in which individual symbols reflect speech sounds in a regular manner 2. to increase the representation of written language using symbols or letters that correspond more closely or regularly to the sounds of the spoken language phoneticize in American English (fəˈnetəˌsaiz, fou-) transitive verbWord forms: -cized, -cizing Also esp Brit phoneticise1. to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds 2. to increase the regularity of correspondence between sound and symbol in (a writing system) a proposal for a new system of phoneticized English spelling Derived forms phoneticization noun Word origin [phonetic + -ize]-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize) |
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