non-rhotic

短语

[网络] 无卷舌；澳洲英语；非儿化

发音

US
UK /nɒnˈɹəʊtɪk/

别名

nonrhotic

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of an accent, most often one of English: not pronouncing the written letter "r" unless it is followed by a vowel, as in Received Pronunciation, most other accents of England, the Boston accent, traditional NYC English, many accents of southern Louisiana, Australian English, etc.

    In a non-rhotic accent, the word 'sort' can be pronounced like the word 'sought'.

词源

From non- + rhotic.

来源：wiktionary