| 单词 | great vowel shift |
| 释义 | Great Vowel Shiftnoun Linguistics.a series of changes in the quality of the long vowels between Middle and Modern English as a result of which all were raised, while the high vowels (ē) and (o̅o̅), already at the upper limit, underwent breaking to become the diphthongs (ī) and (ou). Words nearby Great Vowel Shiftgreat toe, Great Trek, great-uncle, great unwashed, Great Victoria Desert, Great Vowel Shift, Great Wall, Great Wall of China, Great War, Great Week, great wheel Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Great Vowel ShiftGreat Vowel Shift nounlinguistics a phonetic change that took place during the transition from Middle to Modern English, whereby the long vowels were raised: (eː became iː, oː became uː), etc. The vowels (iː) and (uː) underwent breaking and became the diphthongs (aɪ) and (aʊ) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
| 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。