| 单词 | vowel |
| 释义 | vowel —vowelless, adj. —vowellike, adj. —vowely, vowelly, adv. /vow"euhl/, n. 1. Phonet. a. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs (opposed to consonant). b. (in a syllable) the sound of greatest sonority, as i in grill. Cf. consonant (def. 1b). c. (in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with consonant, as the /ee/ of be /bee/, we /wee/, and yeast /yeest/. 2. a letter representing or usually representing a vowel, as, in English, a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. adj. 3. of or pertaining to a vowel. [1275-1325; ME < OF vowel < L vocalis VOCAL] |
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