| 单词 | compensatory lengthening |
| 释义 | compensatory lengtheningnoun Historical Linguistics.the lengthening of a vowel when a following consonant is weakened or lost, as the change from Old English niht [nikht] /nɪxt/ to night [nahyt], /naɪt/, with loss of [kh] /x/ and lengthening of [i] /ɪ/ to a vowel that eventually became [ahy]. /aɪ/. Words nearby compensatory lengtheningcompensatory, compensatory circulation, compensatory damages, compensatory finance, compensatory hypertrophy, compensatory lengthening, compensatory pause, compensatory polycythemia, comper, compère, compete Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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