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单词 pronounce
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pro•nounce /prəˈnaʊns/USA pronunciation   v., -nounced, -nounc•ing. 
  1. Phonetics to make or utter sounds, words, sentences, etc.:[+ object]In the word came, the letter "e'' is not pronounced.
  2. Phoneticsto make or utter sounds, words, sentences, etc., in an accepted or correct manner: [+ object]How do you pronounce this word?[+ object (+ as) + object]You pronounce the Spanish ll (as) "y.''
  3. to declare (a person or thing) to be as specified, esp. officially: [+ object + object]I now pronounce you husband and wife.[+ object + adjective]He pronounced the meal fit for a king.
pro•nounce•a•ble, adj. See -nounce-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pro•nounce  (prə nouns),USA pronunciation v., -nounced, -nounc•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. Phoneticsto enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
  2. Phoneticsto utter or sound in a particular manner in speaking:He pronounces his words indistinctly.
  3. Phoneticsto utter or articulate in the accepted or correct manner:I can't pronounce this word.
  4. to declare (a person or thing) to be as specified:She pronounced it the best salmon she had ever tasted.
  5. to utter or deliver formally or solemnly:to pronounce sentence.
  6. to announce authoritatively or officially:The judge pronounced the defendant guilty.
  7. Phoneticsto indicate the pronunciation of (words) by providing a phonetic transcription:This dictionary pronounces most of the words entered.

v.i. 
  1. Phoneticsto pronounce words, phrases, etc.
  2. to make a statement or assertion, esp. an authoritative statement (often fol. by on):He was required to pronounce on the findings of his research.
  3. to give an opinion or decision (usually fol. by on):to pronounce on an important matter.
  4. Phoneticsto indicate the pronunciation of words:a spelling book that pronounces.
  • Latin prōnūntiāre to proclaim, announce, recite, utter. See pro-1, announce
  • Middle French prononcier
  • Middle English pronouncen 1300–50
pro•nouncea•ble, adj. 
pro•nouncea•ble•ness, n. 
pro•nouncer, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pronounce /prəˈnaʊns/ vb
  1. to utter or articulate (a sound or sequence of sounds)
  2. (transitive) to utter or articulate (sounds or words) in the correct way
  3. (tr; may take a clause as object) to proclaim officially and solemnly: I now pronounce you man and wife
  4. (when tr, may take a clause as object) to declare as one's judgment: to pronounce the death sentence upon someone
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin prōnuntiāre to announce, from pro-1 + nuntiāre to announce

proˈnounceable adj proˈnouncer n
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