| 释义 |
diphthong/ˈdifθɒŋ/n. 1 a speech sound in one syllable in which the articulation begins as for one vowel and moves towards another (as in 如 coin, loud, and side) 二合元音，复元音 2a a digraph representing the sound of a diphthong or single vowel (as in 如 feat) 二合元音字母 b a compound vowel character; a ligature (as 如 œ) 元音连字 □ diphthongal /-ˈθɒŋɡ(ə)l/ adj.[French diphtongue via Late Latin diphthongus from Greek diphthoggos (as DI-1, phthoggos ‘voice’)] |