| 释义 |
dissimilate/diˈsimileit/v. (often foll. by 常后跟 to) Phonet. 【语音】 1 tr. change (a sound or sounds in a word) to another when the word originally had identical sounds near each other, as in cinnamon, originally cinnamom (使) (声音或单词的发音)异化 2 intr. (of a sound) be changed in this way (声音)异化 □ dissimilation /-ˈleiʃ(ə)n/ n.□ dissimilatory /-lət(ə)ri/ adj.[Latin dissimilis (as DIS-, similis ‘like’), on the pattern of assimilate] |