diphthong
n.双重元音,双元音字,连元音字
难易程度:
diphthong为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:diphthongal
词根
di-=double,twice
diphthong
/'dɪfθɒŋ; [US] -θɔ:ŋ; `dɪfθɔŋ/
n union of two vowel sounds or vowel letters, eg the sounds / aI; aI/ in pipe / paIp; paIp/, the letters ou in doubt 二合元音, 复合元音, 双元音(如pipe / paIp; paIp/ 中的 / aI; aI/音); 复合元音字母(如doubt中的ou). Cf 参看 monophthong.
diphthong
n[C]technical
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French;Origin:Late Latin diphthongus 'two sounds', from Greek phthongos 'voice, sound']
a vowel sound made by pronouncing two vowels quickly one after the other. For example, the vowel sound in 'main' is a diphthong.