单词 | apheses |
释义 | aphesis /afˈi-sis/nounThe gradual and unintentional loss of an unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word (as in squire from esquire), a special form of apheresis ORIGIN: Gr aphesis letting go, from apo from, and hienai to send aphetic /ə-fetˈik/ adjective aphetˈically adverb aphˈetize or aphˈetise transitive verb |
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