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单词 vocalization
释义 vo·cal·iza·tion
\ˌvōkələ̇ˈzāshən, -əˌlīˈz-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary vocalize + -ation
1. : the act or process of vocalizing: as
 a. : utterance with the voice
  < among the anthropoids, vocalization seems … to serve social purposes — Weston La Barre >
 b. : the change of a consonant to a vowel
  < the vocalization of g in Old English plegere to y in player >
2.
 a. : a reading with the vowels supplied sometimes conjecturally of a word originally written (as in Hebrew or Arabic with only consonants : a vocalized form of a word in a consonantal text
  < prefers Yahweh to Jehovah as the vocalization of the Hebrew tetragrammaton Yhwh >
 b. : the insertion of vowels (as in reading or writing script customarily written only with consonants)
  < the first step toward the vocalization of the text had appeared in the use of … vowel letters — W.A.Jeffery >
 c. : a manner or system of vocalizing
  < fix the Hebrew vocalization … in consonance with the traditional pronunciation — William Chomsky >
3. : an instance or product of vocalizing
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