| 释义 |
Great Vowel Shift Great Vowel Shift n.(名词)A series of phonetic changes occurring in Early Modern English in which the Middle English low and mid long vowels were raised, (ä) and (½) becoming (³) and (›), for example, while the high long vowels (¶) and (›) became the diphthongs (&9{º}) and (ou).主要元音转移:早期中古英语中发生的一系列语音变化,中古英语的低元音和中长元音升高了,如(?)和(o)成了(a)和(oo),而高的长元音(e)和(oo)变成复合元音(i)和(ou) |