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单词 schwa
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
schwa /ʃwɑ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. schwas 
  1. Phoneticsa neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in English, such as the sound of a in alone and sofa or u in circus.
  2. Phoneticsthe phonetic symbol ə, used to represent this sound.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
schwa  (shwä),USA pronunciation n. [Phonet.]
  1. Phoneticsthe 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.
  2. Phoneticsthe phonetic symbol ə, used to represent this sound.
Also, shwa. 
  • Hebrew shəwā, name of a diacritic marking schwa or no vowel
  • German
  • 1890–95

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
schwa, shwa /ʃwɑː/ n
  1. a central vowel represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet by ( ə ). The sound occurs in unstressed syllables in English, as in around, mother, and sofa
  2. the symbol ( ə ) used to represent this sound
Etymology: 19th Century: via German from Hebrew shewā, a diacritic indicating lack of a vowel sound
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