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schwa

/ʃwɑː/

翻译: 指中性中央元音,即国际音标中的/ə/,常见于许多语言(包括英语)的非重读音节中。也泛指央元音或弱化元音。

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noun

/ʃwɑː/C2formal
  • zh指中性中央元音,即国际音标中的/ə/,常见于许多语言(包括英语)的非重读音节中。也泛指央元音或弱化元音。

A neutral, mid-central vowel sound that occurs in unstressed syllables in many languages, including English.

  1. Neutral vowel soundC1formal

    A mid-central vowel sound that is typically unstressed, represented by the symbol ə in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

    zh中性元音

    • The word 'about' begins with a schwa sound.
    • In 'banana', the first and last 'a' are pronounced as a schwa.
    • Linguists study the schwa as the most common vowel in English.
词形
  • schwas plural form
  • schwas' possessive plural form
  • schwa's possessive singular form