| 单词 | apophony |
| 释义 | apophony in British English (əˈpɒfənɪ) noun phonetics a change in the quality of a vowel sound to indicate grammatical change apophony in American English (əˈpɑfəni) nounWord forms: plural aˈpophonies ablaut apophony in American English (əˈpɑfəni) nounWord forms: plural -nies ablaut Derived forms apophonic (ˌæpəˈfɑnɪk) adjective Word origin [1880–85; apo- + -phony]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, automatism, interface, jackpot, pari-mutuelapo- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek, where it was joined toverbs, deverbal forms, and other parts of speech. Among its functions in Greek, apo- has the spatial sense “away, off, apart” (apogee; apocope; apostasy; apostrophe); it occurs with deverbals that denote a response or defense (apodosis; apology) and is found on verbs having perfective force relative to a corresponding simpleverb (apoplexy; aposiopesis). In modern scientific coinages in English and other languages, apo- marks things that are detached, separate, or derivative (apocarpous; apoenzyme); -phony is a combining form used in the formation of abstract nouns corresponding to nounsending in -phone. Other words that use the affix -phony include: acrophony, egophony, heterophony, monophony, quadraphony |
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