diphthong

TEM8畅通词汇

英 ['dɪfθɒŋ; 'dɪp-] 美['dɪfθɑŋ]

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释义

n. 双元音；复合元音；元音连字

词态变化

复数: diphthongs;形容词: diphthongal;

助记提示

1. phon- => phthong- "sound, voice" => diphthong.

中文词源

diphthong 二合元音

来自希腊语diphthongos, di-, 二，-phthongos, 声音，词源不详，可能同phone. 用来指二合元音。

英文词源

diphthong (n.): late 15c., from Middle French diphthongue, from Late Latin diphthongus, from Greek diphthongos "having two sounds," from di- "double" (see di- (1)) + phthongos "sound, voice," related to phthengesthai "utter, speak loudly."

英英释意

1. a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another

实用场景例句

Diphthongs are complex ions of vowels.: 双元音是元音的组合.

And then you slur by dropping initial letters and diphthongs.': 有时你又把单词开头的辅音和双元音含糊掉.

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