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schwa

n.中性元音的名称

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schwa为短语/超纲词汇

schwa


/ʃwɑ:; ʃwɑ/
n (phonetics 语音)
1 sound occurring in unstressed syllables and diphthongs in English, eg the `a' in `about' 非重读央元音, 混元音(英语里出现在非重读音节和复合元音中的中性元音, 如 about 中的 a).
2 phonetic symbol for this, / E; E/ 国际音标中的 / E/.

schwa


n[C]technical
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: German;Origin:Hebrew shewa]
a vowel typically heard in parts of a word that are spoken without stress1(4), such as the 'a' in 'about'
the sign (E), used to represent the vowel schwa