| 单词 | minimal pair |
| 释义 | minimal pairnoun Linguistics.a pair of words, as pin and bin, or bet and bed, differing only by one sound in the same position in each word, especially when such a pair is taken as evidence for the existence of a phonemic contrast between the two sounds. Origin of minimal pairFirst recorded in 1940–45 Words nearby minimal pairminimalist, minimalistic, minimalize, minimal lethal dose, minimally invasive, minimal pair, minimal reacting dose, minimarket, minimart, minimax, Mini-Me Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for minimal pairminimal pair nounlinguistics a pair of speech elements in a given language differing in only one respect and thus serving to identify minimum units such as phonemes, morphemes, etc. For example, tin and din constitute a minimal pair in English Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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