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elide

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Linguistics
e·lide /ɪˈlaɪd/ verb [transitive] technical  SLto leave out the sound of a letter or of a part of a word 省略〔一个字母或音节〕的发音 Most English speakers elide the first ‘d’ in ‘Wednesday.’ 大多数说英语的人会省略Wednesday中第一个d的发音。elision /ɪˈlɪʒən/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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Examples from the Corpus
elideBut, at the same time, the question of the diminishing urgency of consumption is elided.Simple points are ignored or elided.In some consonant clusters, sounds are apt to be elided, ie omitted, in rapid speech.However, I do think that the purpose of explanation in social science has been elided in work in this field.In a way, it elides it.Current editorial practice elides the implications of multiple texts.With rapture and relief he elides with the larger unit, the glowing mass.But these theories' notions of culturally stable femininity often elide with their concept of a biologically stable individual.
Origin elide (1500-1600) Latin elidere to strike out, from laedere to hurt by striking
e·lide verbChineseSyllable
the sound of out to Corpus a leave


elide
elide /ɪˈlaɪd/ verb [transitive] technical
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: elidere 'to strike out', from laedere 'to hurt by striking'
to leave out the sound of a letter or of a part of a word:
    Most English speakers elide the first ‘d’ in ‘Wednesday.’
—elision /ɪˈlɪʒən/ noun [uncountable and countable]


elideBrE /iˈlaɪd/ 🔊NAmE /iˈlaɪd/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they elide BrE /iˈlaɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /iˈlaɪd/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it elides BrE /iˈlaɪdz/ 🔊 NAmE /iˈlaɪdz/ 🔊past simple elided BrE /iˈlaɪdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /iˈlaɪdɪd/ 🔊past participle elided BrE /iˈlaɪdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /iˈlaɪdɪd/ 🔊 -ing form eliding BrE /iˈlaɪdɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /iˈlaɪdɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (phonetics 语音学) to leave out the sound of part of a word when you are pronouncing it 省略(词的部分)发音The 't' in 'often' may be elided. often 中的 t 可以不发音。🔊🔊   see also elision

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