| 词汇 | triphthong |
| 释义 | triphthong noun[ C ] phonetics specializeduk /ˈtrɪf.θɒŋ//ˈtrɪp.θɒŋ/ us /ˈtrɪf.θɑːŋ//ˈtrɪp.θɑːŋ/ a vowel sound in which the tongue changes position to produce the sound of three vowels三重元音 Compare diphthong monophthong Linguistics: phonology & phonetics accommodation alliterative alveolar apheresis aphesis assonance diphthong homonym intrusive labial labialize labiodental postalveolar postconsonantal retroflex retroflexion rhotic the International Phonetic Alphabet unpronounceable unrepeatable Examples of triphthongtriphthong Triphthong reduction: triphthongs were often reduced to diphthongs (in most cases) or sometimes to monophthongs. The number of words containing a triphthong is comparatively small, yet many of the words are quite common. Triphthong reduction : triphthongs were often reduced to diphthongs (in most cases) or sometimes to monophthongs. The very word 'triphthong' sounds faintly preposterous, as if somebody has dared a coinage with 'diphthong' and wants to have some further fun. The second most frequently reduced triphthong was \\uei\\ (10 % of the children) : the most frequent reduction form was \\ei\\ (7 % of the total subjects). And a triphthong is 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 a triphthong. 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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