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semivowel
  • 英语发声
  • 美语发声
  • n. 半元音(如w,j等);半元音字(如 y,ng等)
  • 网络释义

    1、半元音
    ...semivocal 半元音的semivowel 半元音semiweekly 半周刊 ...

    短语

    semivowel consonant半元音的辅音

    Palatal semivowel硬颚近音

    Semivowel&Glide流音

    专业释义

    语言学
    • 半元音

      Zero initial syllables are the syllables that aren't beginning with consonants,including the two syllables beginning with the vowel and the semivowel.

      本文所指零声母音节是不以辅音声母开头的音节,包括以元音开头的音节和以半元音开头的音节两类。

      参考来源 - 零声母音节演变成辅音声母音节研究

    英英释义

    semivowel [ 'semi,vauəl ]

    n.a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

    同义词:glide




    英汉双解大词典

    semivowel /ˈsɛmɪˌvaʊəl/

    • 1.  

      N(名词) a vowel-like sound that acts like a consonant, in that it serves the same function in a syllable carrying the same amount of prominence as a consonant relative to a true vowel, the nucleus of the syllable. In English and many other languages the chief semivowels are (w) in well and (j), represented as y, in yell 半元音 [phonetics]