vocalize

vt. 使发声, 使发成元音 vi. 发声, 练声, 元音化

发音

US /ˈvoʊ.kə.laɪz/
AU

词形变化

vocalized vocalizes 三单 vocalizes vocalizing vocalizing 现在分词 vocalized 过去式 vocalized 过去分词

别名

vocalise

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To express with the voice, to utter.

  2. 2.

    To produce noises or calls from the throat.

    We could hear the monkeys vocalizing, though we could not see them.

  3. 3.

    To sing without using words.

    音乐
  4. 4.

    To turn a consonant into a vowel.

    语言学

    In Hong Kong English, /l/ may be vocalized at the end of a syllable.

  5. 5.

    To make a sound voiced rather than voiceless.

    过时 语言学
  6. 6.

    To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)

    语言学

词汇关系

动词

同义词 8

sound voice articulate vocalise enunciate phonate vowelise vowelize

上位词 10

tell say talk speak state mouth sing pronounce utter articulate

下位词 3

waver quaver chirk

词源

From vocal + -ize.

来源：wiktionary