eth
/eð/(亦作edh)
noun
- an Old English letter, ð or -D., representing the dental fricatives /ð/ and /θ/. It was superseded by the digraph th, but is now used as a phonetic symbol for the voiced dental fricative /ð/.古英语字母ð或-D(代表舌齿摩擦音/ð/和/θ/。后来被二合字母th取代, 现在用作浊音舌齿摩擦音/ð/的发音符号)。比较THORN(义项3)。
词源
from Danish edh, perhaps representing the sound of the letter.