allophone
allophone
al.lo.phone AHD[²l“…-f½n”] DJ[6#l*7f*&n] KK[6#l*7fon]
n.Linguistics (名词)【语言学】
    A predictable phonetic variant of a phoneme. For example, the aspiratedt oftop, the unaspiratedt ofstop, and thett (pronouncedd ) ofbatter are allophones of the English phonemet.
    音位变体:音素的可测语音变体,如送气音t 在top中, 非送气音t 在stop中, 还有tt (发成d )在batter中 ,都属于英语音素t 的变体
ORIGIN
1.allo-
    allo-
2.phone(me)
    phone(me)
DERIVATIVES
▪al”lophon“ic AHD: [-f¼n“¹k] (形容词)