Homophone

['hɒməfəʊn;'həʊm-] or ['hɑməfon]

解释:

(noun.) two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear).

柯蒂斯校对--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.

(n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.

手打:奥斯伯特

解释:

n. a letter or character having the same sound as another.—adj. Homoph′onous having the same sound.—n. Homoph′ony.

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