| 单词 | schwa |
| 释义 | schwa (once / 909178 pages) n Linguistic scholars might be most likely to discuss the schwa, or the unstressed vowel sound in a word, but we all use the schwa every day. We'd all be tongue-tied without it — the most common vowel sound in English, represented by an upside-down e and ready to spring into action in almost any unstressed syllable. The second syllable of sofa is one example of an English schwa. The word schwa is from the Hebrew word shewa, which denotes a diacritical mark meaning "no vowel," and literally means "emptiness." WORD FAMILYschwa USAGE EXAMPLESThe real killer at the bee isn’t nerves; it’s the schwa. Time(May 27, 2015) Schwa Fire is not a new Wolf Parade album. Newsweek(May 28, 2014) The ə is an orthographic representation of the schwa, a ubiquitous and bland vowel sound—it’s the uh in dull. Slate(May 28, 2014) n a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables Syn|Hypo|Hyper shwa murmur, murmur vowel a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant vowel, vowel sound a speech sound made with the vocal tract open |
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