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phonetics 语音学 a speech sound in which the mouth is open and the tongue is not touching the top of the mouth, the teeth, etc., so that the flow of air is not limited, for example /ɑː, e, ɔː/ 元音 vowel sounds 元音 Each language has a different vowel system. 每种语言都有不同的元音系统。 This neutral vowel is known as ‘schwa’. 这个中元音叫做schwa。
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a letter that represents a vowel sound. In English the vowels are a, e, i, o and u. 元音字母 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
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compare consonant see also diphthong
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French vouel, from Latin vocalis (littera) ‘vocal (letter)’.