ghoti

发音

CA /fɪʃ/
US /fɪʃ/
AU /fɪʃ/
IN /fɪʃ/
UK /fɪʃ/
SCOT /fɪʃ/
NZ /fəʃ/
UK /ˈɡəʊ̯.tiː/
CA /ˈɡoʊ̯.ti/
US /ˈɡoʊ̯.ti/
AU /ˈɡəʉ̯.tiː/
NZ /ˈɡɐʉ̯.tiː/
SCOT /ˈɡo.ti/
IN /ˈɡoː.ʈiː/

词形变化

ghoties 复数 ghotis 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A constructed word said to be an alternative spelling of fish.

    幽默 罕用
  2. 1.

    Alternative letter-case form of Ghoti.

  3. 1.

    A type of small Bengali waterpot used for washing.

词源

A jocular spelling of fish (/fɪʃ/) used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling: * gh, /f/ as in rough, /ɹʌf/; * o, /ɪ/ as in women, /ˈwɪm.ɪn/; and * ti, /ʃ/ as in nation, /ˈneɪ̯.ʃən/. Though frequently reported to be a coinage of George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), this term dates back to at least 1855. Although the goal of the word is to highlight the irregularities of the English orthography, it deliberately exaggerates them, as is /f/ only word-finally and is /ʃ/ only before a vowel.

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