| 单词 | acrophony |
| 释义 | acrophony[ uh-krof-uh-nee ] / əˈkrɒf ə ni / noun, plural a·croph·o·nies.the use of what was originally a logogram as a phonetic symbol for the initial sound of the word the logogram represented, as, in Semitic writing, the use of a picture of a shepherd's crook to represent the sound (l), the first sound of lamed, the Hebrew word for a shepherd's crook. the use of a word as the name of the alphabetical symbol representing the initial sound of that word. Also acrology. Origin of acrophonyFirst recorded in 1880–85; acro- + -phony OTHER WORDS FROM acrophonyac·ro·phon·ic [ak-ruh-fon-ik], /ˌæk rəˈfɒn ɪk/, ac·ro·pho·net·ic [ak-ruh-fuh-net-ik], /ˌæk rə fəˈnɛt ɪk/, adjectiveac·ro·phon·i·cal·ly, ac·ro·pho·net·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby acrophonyacroparaesthesia, acroparesthesia, acropathy, acropetal, acrophobia, acrophony, acropolis, acropustulosis, acrosclerosis, acrosin, acrosomal cap Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。