单词 | schwa |
释义 | schwa[ shwah ] / ʃwɑ / noun Phonetics.the mid-central, neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in English, however spelled, as the sound of a in alone and sofa, e in system, i in easily, o in gallop, u in circus. the phonetic symbol ə, used to represent this sound. Sometimes shwa . Origin of schwaFirst recorded in 1890–95; from German, from Hebrew shəwā, name of a diacritic marking schwa or no vowel Words nearby schwaSchutzstaffel, Schuyler, Schuylerville, Schuylkill, schvartze, schwa, Schwaben, Schwachman syndrome, schwag, Schwalbe's ring, Schwann Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for schwaschwa shwa/ (ʃwɑː) / nouna central vowel represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet by (ə). The sound occurs in unstressed syllables in English, as in around, mother, and sofa the symbol (ə) used to represent this sound Word Origin for schwaC19: via German from Hebrew shewā, a diacritic indicating lack of a vowel sound 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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