資料來源 : pyDict
雙重母音,雙母音字,連母音字
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Diphthong \Diph"thong\ (?; 115, 277), n. [L. diphthongus, Gr. ?;
di- = di`s- twice + ? voice, sound, fr. ? to utter a sound:
cf. F. diphthongue.] (Ortho["e]py)
(a) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in
one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a
{proper diphthong}.
(b) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same
syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in
rain, eo in people; -- called an {improper diphthong}.
Diphthong \Diph"thong\, v. t.
To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize. [R.]
資料來源 : WordNet®
diphthong
n : a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for
one vowel and moves toward the position for another