Great Vowel Shift

短语

元音大推移

词形变化

the Great Vowel Shift

别名

GVS

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A major change in the pronunciation of the English language, affecting the sounds of long vowels, that took place in England between 1350 and 1700.

    元音大推移

    语言学

    Because English spelling was becoming standardized in the 15th and 16th centuries, the Great Vowel Shift is responsible for many of the peculiarities of English spelling.

词源

Coined by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen.

来源：wiktionary