monophthong
英 [ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ] 美 [ˈmɑnəfθɑŋ]

n.

单元音；

英英释义

Monophthong

• A monophthong (Greek monóphthongos from mónos "single"and phthóngos "sound") is a pure vowel sound, one whose articulation at both beginning and end is relatively fixed, and which does not glide up or down towards a new position of articulation.

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权威例句

The development of monophthongal vowels in Korean: Age and sex differences
An instrumental study of the monophthong vowels of Singapore English
The Formants of Monophthong Vowels in Standard Southern British English Pronunciation
Dialect leveling and /ai/ monophthongization among African American Detroiters
Monophthongal vowel changes in Received Pronunciation: An acoustic analysis of the Queen's Christmas broadcasts
"Dahntahn"Pittsburgh: Monophthongal /aw/ and Representations of Localness in Southwestern Pennsylvania
An acoustic comparison of English monophthongs and diphthongs produced by Australian and Thai speakers
Indexicality and experience: Exploring the meanings of /aw/‐monophthongization in Pittsburgh
Perceiving final voiceless stops without release: effects of preceding monophthongs versus nonmonophthongs
‘Tie, tied and tight’: The expansion of /ai/ monophthongization in African‐American and European‐American speech in Memphis, Ten...