单词 | semivowel |
释义 | Word Frequency semivowel(ˈsɛmɪˌvaʊəl) noun phonetics Also called (US and Canadian): glide1. a vowel-like sound that acts like a consonant, in that it serves the same function in a syllable carrying the same amount of prominence as a consonant relative to a true vowel, the nucleus of the syllable. In English and many other languages the chief semivowels are (w) in well and (j), represented as y, in yell 2. a frictionless continuant classified as one of the liquids; (l) or (r) |
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