vowel
/'vaʊəl; `vauəl/
n
(a) speech-sound made without audible stopping of the breath by the tongue, lips, etc 元音
*[attrib 作定语] a vowel system 元音系统.
(b) letter or letters used to represent such a sound, eg a, e, i, o, u, ee, oa 元音字母. Cf 参看 consonant1.
n
(a) speech-sound made without audible stopping of the breath by the tongue, lips, etc 元音
*[attrib 作定语] a vowel system 元音系统.
(b) letter or letters used to represent such a sound, eg a, e, i, o, u, ee, oa 元音字母. Cf 参看 consonant1.
vowel
n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: vouel, from Latin vocalis; VOCAL1]
one of the human speech sounds that you make by letting your breath flow out without closing any part of your mouth or throat
a letter of the alphabet used to represent a vowel. In English the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: vouel, from Latin vocalis; VOCAL1]
one of the human speech sounds that you make by letting your breath flow out without closing any part of your mouth or throat
a letter of the alphabet used to represent a vowel. In English the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.
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