monophthong

n. 单元音

发音

UK /ˈmɒnəfˌθɒŋ(ɡ)/
US /ˈmɑnəfˌθɔŋ/
/ˈmɑnəfˌθɑŋ/
其它 /ˈmɑnəpˌθɑŋ/

词形变化

monophthongs 复数 monophthongs

别名

monopthong

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A vowel (in the sense of a sound rather than a letter of the alphabet) that has the same sound throughout its pronunciation, such as the short vowels in "pap", "pep", "pip", "pop" and "pup", as opposed to a diphthong (eg, /aɪ/, the vowel in "pipe") or a triphthong (eg, /aɪə/, the sound in the non-rhotic pronunciation of "pyre").

    单元音

词源

From Ancient Greek μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos), from μόνος (mónos, “single”) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).

来源：wiktionary