Aphesis

[æfisis]

解释:

(noun.) the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'.

弗朗辛校对--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.

校对:塞尔玛

解释:

n. the gradual loss of an unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word as in squire = esquire—a special form of Aph鎟esis.—adj. Aphet′ic.

编辑:塔比瑟