semivowel

n. 半元音, 半元音字(母)

发音

US

词形变化

semivowels 复数 semivowels

别名

semi-vowel

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.

    半元音

    半母音

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  2. 2.

    A letter which represents a semivowel sound, such as w or y in English.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

glide

上位词 2

phone sound

下位词 2

yer palatal

词源

From semi- + vowel.

来源：wiktionary