cot-caught merger
短语发音
US
/ˈkɑt kɔt ˌmɝd͡ʒɚ/
US
/ˈkɑt kɑt ˌmɝd͡ʒɚ/
UK
/ˈkɒt kɔːt ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/
UK
/ˈkɔt koːt ˌməːd͡ʒə/
其它
/ˈkɔt koːt ˌməːd͡ʒə/
SCOT
/ˈkɔt kɔt ˌmɛɾdʒəɾ/
AU
/ˈkɔt koːt ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/
NZ
/ˈkɔt koːt ˌmøːd͡ʒɘ/
词形变化
cot-caught mergers
复数
cot-caught mergers
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A phonemic merger in some varieties of English (especially American, Canadian and Scottish English) in which the vowels in words such as hot and doll (/ɒ/) and in words such as law and talk (/ɔː/) are pronounced identically, making the words cot and caught homophones.
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