| 单词 | triphthong |
| 释义 | triphthong noun[C] phoneticsspecializeduk/ˈtrɪf.θɒŋ//ˈtrɪp.θɒŋ/us/ˈtrɪf.θɑːŋ//ˈtrɪp.θɑːŋ/avowelsoundin which thetonguechangespositiontoproducethesoundof threevowels 三重元音Compare diphthong monophthong Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
Examplesoftriphthongtriphthong Triphthongreduction: triphthongs were often reduced to diphthongs (in most cases) or sometimes to monophthongs. From theCambridge English Corpus The number of words containing atriphthongis comparatively small, yet many of the words are quite common. From theCambridge English Corpus Triphthongreduction : triphthongs were often reduced to diphthongs (in most cases) or sometimes to monophthongs. From theCambridge English Corpus The very word 'triphthong' sounds faintly preposterous, as if somebody has dared a coinage with 'diphthong' and wants to have some further fun. From theCambridge English Corpus The second most frequently reducedtriphthongwas \\uei\\ (10 % of the children) : the most frequent reduction form was \\ei\\ (7 % of the total subjects). From theCambridge English Corpus And atriphthongis any combination of three vowels beginning and ending with unstressed high vowels (as in "camb ii s" or "b uey"). From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A vowel sound that glides from one quality to another is called a diphthong, and a vowel sound that glides successively through three qualities is atriphthong. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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