"representing vocal sounds," 1803, from Modern Latin phoneticus (1797), from Greek phonetikos "vocal," from phonetos "to be spoken, utterable," verbal adjective of phonein "to speak clearly, utter," from phone "sound, voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. I thought a phonetic spelling might aid in pronunciation.
我想語(yǔ)音拼寫(xiě)可能有助于發(fā)音。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. the International Phonetic Alphabet
國(guó)際音標(biāo)
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.