wine-whine merger

短语

发音

AU /wɑenˈwɑen ˌmɜːdʒə(ɹ)/
UK /waɪnˈwaɪn ˌmɜːdʒə(ɹ)/
NZ /wɒenˈwɒen ˌmɵːdʒɘ(ɹ)/
SCOT /wəinˈʍəin ˌmɛɾdʒəɾ/
US /waɪnˈʍaɪn ˌmɝdʒɚ/
US /waɪnˈwaɪn ˌmɝdʒɚ/

词形变化

wine-whine mergers 复数 wine-whine mergers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A merger in which [ʍ] (the voiceless sound heard at the beginning of the word whine in a Scottish accent or several accents in the United States) becomes [w] (the sound heard at the beginning of the word wine); in accents where this merger occurs, whine and wine are homophones.

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