schwa
US /ʃwɑː/
UK /ʃwɑː/
名词
非重读元音
the unstressed central vowel (as in a in sofa and e in taken), represented by the symbol /ə/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
示例:
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The word 'about' starts with a schwa sound.
单词“about”以非重读元音开头。
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Many unstressed vowels in English are pronounced as a schwa.
英语中许多非重读元音都发非重读元音的音。