-phone
短语声音; 使用某种语言的(人); 电话
发音
UK
/ˈfəʊ̯n/
CA
/ˈfoʊ̯n/
US
/ˈfoʊ̯n/
CA
/ˈfɔʊ̯n/
US
/ˈfɔʊ̯n/
US
/ˈfəʉ̯n/
US
/ˈfɐ̞ʉ̯n/
释义与例句
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1.
A type of sound.
allophone; homophone
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2.
A device that makes a sound.
aerophone; saxophone
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3.
Forming adjectives: speaking a certain language.
Anglophone; Francophone; Germanophone
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4.
Forming nouns: a speaker of a certain language.
Anglophone; Francophone; Germanophone
词源
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English -phone From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice, speech, language”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂neh₂, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”); related to fame and fable. Some terms ending in phone, such as textphone, are actually compounds made with phone.
来源：wiktionary