vowel
US /vaʊəl/
UK /vaʊəl/
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元音
a speech sound which is produced by an open vocal tract, with no audible friction, and which is a syllabic sound
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The word 'cat' has one vowel sound.
单词“cat”有一个元音。
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English has five main vowels: a, e, i, o, u.
英语有五个主要元音：a、e、i、o、u。