| 释义 |
an/æn, ən/det. the form of the indefinite article (see 见 A1) used before words beginning with a vowel sound 不定冠词形式，用于以元音开头的单词前 an egg 一个蛋; an hour 一小时; an MP 一名议员■ Usage 用法说明 Some people retain the use of an before words beginning with a sounded h e.g. an hotel, an historian. Historically this was justifiable because the h- was dropped in these words, but today this is not the case and a hotel, a historian are now the preferred forms. 在发音的 h 前有的人仍沿用 an ，如 an hotel (一家宾馆)和 an historian (一位历史学家), 因为这些 h 过去是不发音的。现在多用 a hotel 和 a historian 。 |