dissimilate
/dɪˈsɪmɪleɪt/verb
with obj.
1- Linguistics change (a sound or sounds in a word) to another when the word originally had identical sounds near each other【语言学】使异化：
in 'pilgrim', from Latin 'peregrinus', the first 'r' is dissimilated to 'l'.
pilgrim一词来自拉丁语peregrinus, 其中第一个r被异化成l.
1.1
- no obj.(of a sound) undergo such a change（语音）异化：
the first 'r' dissimilates to 'l'.
第一个r异化成l.
派生词
dissimilation
noundissimilatory
/-lətərɪ/ adjective词源
mid 19th cent.: from DIS- (expressing reversal)+ Latin similis 'like， similar'， on the pattern of assimilate.