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单词 triphthong
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triphthong

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triphthong

Very rarely, the nucleus of a single syllable may contain three vowel sounds that quickly glide together; these compound sounds are known as triphthongs.There are three triphthongs that are generally agreed upon in American English: /aʊə/ (“ah-oo-uh”), /aɪə/ (“ah-ih-uh”), and /jʊə/ (“ee-oo-uh”). These always come before an R sound in a word.
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triph·thong

T0364700 (trĭf′thông′, -thŏng′, trĭp′-)n. A compound vowel sound resulting from the succession of three simple ones and functioning as a unit.
[tri- + (di)phthong.]
triph·thon′gal (-thông′əl, -thŏng′əl) adj.

triphthong

(ˈtrɪfθɒŋ; ˈtrɪp-) n1. (Phonetics & Phonology) a composite vowel sound during the articulation of which the vocal organs move from one position through a second, ending in a third2. (Phonetics & Phonology) a trigraph representing a composite vowel sound such as this[C16: via New Latin from Medieval Greek triphthongos, from tri- + phthongos sound; compare diphthong] triphˈthongal adj

triph•thong

(ˈtrɪf θɔŋ, -θɒŋ, ˈtrɪp-)

n. 1. a monosyllabic speech-sound sequence made up of three differing vowel qualities, as in some pronunciations of our. 2. trigraph. [1590–1600; < New Latin triphthongus < Medieval Greek tríphthongos with three vowels =tri- tri- + phthóngos voice, sound] triph•thong′al (-gəl) adj.
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  • buy long
  • buy lots of ammo today
  • buy low and sell high
  • buy low sell high
  • buy low, sell high
  • buym
  • buymeaniphone
  • buy me off
  • buy me out
  • buy me time
  • buy minus
  • buy minus order
  • buy minus orders
  • buy more for less
  • buy more time
  • buy myself time
  • buy my way in
  • buy my way into
  • buy my way out
  • buy my wolf ticket
  • buy my woof ticket
  • buynaksk
  • buy off
  • buyoff
  • buy off the shelf

 

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