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单词 vocalize
释义 vo·cal·ize
\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌlīz\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Usage: see -ize
Etymology: in sense 1, probably from French vocaliser, from vocal, adjective (from Latin vocalis) + -iser -ize; in other senses, International Scientific Vocabulary vocal (I) + -ize
transitive verb
1. : to give voice to : execute vocally : utter; specifically : sing
2.
 a. : to make voiced rather than voiceless : voice
 b. : to convert (as from a consonant) to a vowel
  < w … after consonants became vocalized to u — Joseph Wright >
3. : to furnish (as a consonantal Hebrew or Arabic text) with vowels or vowel points or signs
 < the Akkadian texts … vocalize spl with a; sapl- — C.H.Gordon >
 < if it is necessary to indicate in your shorthand notes that a longhand abbreviation is to be used, write a fully vocalized outline — Pitman Shorthand >
intransitive verb
1. : to utter vocal sounds
 < the gorilla is just as likely to thump upon the upper chest … as he is to vocalize — Weston La Barre >
2. : sing; specifically : to sing without words (as in practicing vowel sounds)
 < with the spirituals she started singing words … instead of vocalizing — Virgil Thomson >
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