单词 | homophone |
释义 | homophone (once / 94555 pages) n A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and/or spelling. “Flower” and “flour” are homophones because they are pronounced the same but you certainly can’t bake a cake using daffodils. Other common homophones are write and right, meet and meat, peace and piece. You have to listen to the context to know which word someone means if they’re spoken aloud. If they say they like your jeans (genes?), they’re probably talking about your pants and not your height and eye color — but you’d have to figure it out from the situation! WORD FAMILYhomophone: homophones USAGE EXAMPLESIf you're going to be pedantic about this, I think you mean homophones--they sound alike--and this was probably the result of a mis-transcription. New York Times(Oct 04, 2016) It seemed like an odd mistake until I realized that you’re is a homophone for your. Slate(Aug 22, 2016) Homophones, or homonyms, play a big part in ritual and superstition in many East Asian languages. BBC(Mar 01, 2016) n two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) Hyper homonym two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings |
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