diphthong
英 ['dɪfθɒŋ; 'dɪp-]
美['dɪfθɑŋ]
TEM8畅通词汇
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。
词态变化
复数: diphthongs;形容词: diphthongal;
助记提示
1. phon- => phthong- "sound, voice" => diphthong.
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.
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- 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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