vowel: [14] A vowel is etymologically a ‘vocal’ sound – that is, one made by vibrating the vocal chords. The word comes via Old French vouel from Latin vōcālis. This was short for littera vōcālis ‘vocal letter, letter that sounds’, sonus vōcālis ‘vocal sound’, etc. Vōcālis (source of English vocal) was derived from vōx ‘voice’ (source of English voice). => voice
vowel (n.)
c. 1300, from Old French voieul (Modern French voyelle), from Latin vocalis, in littera vocalis, literally "vocal letter," from vox (genitive vocis) "voice" (see voice (n.)). Vowel shift in reference to the pronunciation change between Middle and Modern English is attested from 1909. The Hawaiian word hooiaioia, meaning "certified," has the most consecutive vowels of any word in current human speech; the English record-holder is queueing.
实用例句
1. The vowel in words like "my" and "thigh" is not very difficult.
单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Each language has a different vowel system.
每种语言都有不同的元音系统。
来自《权威词典》
3. A long vowel is a long sound as in the word'shoe ".
长元音即如“shoe ” 一词中的长音.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.
单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。
来自辞典例句
5. A long vowel is a long sound as in the word "shoe".
