| 单词 | dissimilation |
| 释义 | dissimilation /di sim'euh lay"sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of making or becoming unlike. 2. Phonet. the process by which a speech sound becomes different from or less like a neighboring sound, as pilgrim /pil"grim/ from Latin peregrinus /perdd'e grddee"noos/, and purple /perr"peuhl/ from Old English purpure /poordd"poo rdde/, or disappears entirely because of a like sound in another syllable, as in the pronunciation /guv"euh neuhr/ for governor. Cf. assimilation (def. 5). 3. Biol. catabolism. [1820-30; DIS-1 + (AS)SIMILATION] |
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