| 单词 | acrophony |
| 释义 | acrophony —acrophonic /ak'reuh fon"ik/, acrophonetic /ak'reuh feuh net"ik/, adj. —acrophonically, acrophonetically, adv. /euh krof"euh nee/, n. , pl. acrophonies. 1. the use of what was originally a logogram as a phonetic symbol for the initial sound of the word the logogram represented, as, in Semitic writing, the use of a picture of a shepherd's crook to represent the sound /l/, the first sound of lamed, the Hebrew word for a shepherd's crook. 2. the use of a word as the name of the alphabetical symbol representing the initial sound of that word. Also, acrology. [1880-85; ACRO- + -PHONY] |
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