vowelBrE/ˈvaʊəl/NAmE/ˈvaʊəl/noun (phonetics语音学) aspeechsoundinwhichthemouthisopenandthetongueisnottouchingthetopofthemouth, theteeth, etc., forexample /ɑː, e, ɔː/ 元音◆vowelsounds元音◆Eachlanguagehasadifferentvowelsystem. 每种语言都有不同的元音系统。➡ see alsocardinal vowelaletterthatrepresentsavowelsound. InEnglishthevowelsarea, e, i, oandu元音字母➡ compareconsonantnoun (1) ➡ see alsodiphthong