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phonetic

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Linguistics
pho·net·ic /fəˈnetɪk/ adjective technical  1. SLrelating to the sounds of human speech 语音的2 SLusing special signs, often different from ordinary letters, to represent the sounds of speech 音标的 a phonetic alphabet 音标 phonetic symbols 音标符号
Examples from the Corpus
phoneticHere, of course, there is no phonetic crutch to rely on.Check with your language helper next session, for you may have missed some phonetic detail which could be important.From his illustrations of the primitives it is apparent that Marshman is dealing with a classification based on categories of phonetic elements.While denying their utility, the sinologist at least recognized the existence of phonetic elements.Hymes intends that these contextual features should be regarded rather as general phonetic features are regarded.The phonetic information is manually input using a special keyboard having 21 keys.Any word could follow any other word, just so long as it matched the phonetic input description.On the phonetic level it can only suggest an approximate pronunciation of the character to which it is attached...
Origin phonetic (1800-1900) Modern Latin phoneticus, from Greek, from phone; PHON-
pho·net·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable
of speech to relating the human sounds Corpus


phonetic
phonetic /fəˈnetɪk/ adjective technical
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Modern Latin
 Origin: phoneticus, from Greek, from phone; phon-
1. relating to the sounds of human speech
2. using special signs, often different from ordinary letters, to represent the sounds of speech:
    a phonetic alphabet
    phonetic symbols


phon·et·icBrE /fəˈnetɪk/ 🔊NAmE /fəˈnetɪk/ 🔊 adjectiveusing special symbols to represent each different speech sound 表示语音的;音标的the International Phonetic Alphabet国际音标a phonetic symbol/transcription音标;注音(of a spelling or spelling system 拼写或拼写系统) that closely matches the sounds represented 与发音近似的Spanish spelling is phonetic, unlike English spelling. 与英语不同,西班牙语的拼写与发音相近。🔊🔊connected with the sounds of human speech 语音的 phon·et·ic·al·ly BrE /fəˈnetɪkli/ 🔊NAmE /fəˈnetɪkli/ 🔊 adverb