| 单词 | vowel |
| 释义 | vowel n. 1. a speech-sound made with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction, more open than a consonant and capable of forming a syllable. 2. a letter or letters representing this, as a, e, i, o, u, aw, ah. Phrases and idioms vowel gradation = ABLAUT. vowel mutation = UMLAUT 2. vowel-point each of a set of marks indicating vowels in Hebrew etc. Derivatives vowelled adj. (also in comb.). vowelless adj. vowelly adj. Etymology: ME f. OF vouel, voiel f. L vocalis (littera) VOCAL (letter) |
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