vowel
n. 母音; 母音
A vowel is a sound such as the ones represented in writing by the letters 'a', 'e' 'i', 'o' and 'u', which you pronounce with your mouth open, allowing the air to flow through it.
The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.
單詞my和thigh中的母音並不難發。
...English vowel sounds.
英語中的母音
1. a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
2. a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
A vowel may say its second sound if It'stands alone in a word.
當母音字母單獨在單詞中出現時可以發它的第二個音.
The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel.
短母音之後的子音要雙寫.
For adjectives that end in a vowel + consonant we double the consonant.
母音+子音結尾的形容詞雙寫子音.
To mark ( a consonant ) with a vowel point.
加母音符號用母音符來標記 ( 一個子音 )
She asked me to pronounce each vowel and consonant clearly.
她叫我把每個母音和子音都清晰地發出來.