单词 | homophonous |
释义 | homophonous (once / 537242 pages) adj WORD FAMILY homophony: homophonic, homophonies, homophonous USAGE EXAMPLESOr that, at the age of thirty-eight, I still avoid using the common noun that is homophonous with my abuser’s name. The New Yorker(Jun 08, 2016) The first is that the pie will be round—after all, if pies weren’t circular, their only relationship to pi would be homophonous. Slate(Mar 13, 2015) Homophonous: words differently written but indistinguishable in sound, applied to different conceptions. Smith, John. B., Explanation of Terms Used in Entomo...(2010) adj characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way 'horse' and 'hoarse' are homophonous words |
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