phonetics
🇬🇧 UK/fәu'netiks/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLC2
Definitions
n.
The branch of linguistics that studies the physical sounds of human speech, including their production and perception.
语音学
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.study phonetics学习语音学
- 2.acoustic phonetics声学语音学
- 3.articulatory phonetics发音语音学
- 4.applied phonetics应用语音学
Example Sentences
- 1.
She studied phonetics to better understand how different languages produce sounds.
- 2.
Phonetics plays a crucial role in developing accurate pronunciation in language learners.
- 3.
The professor's research in phonetics focused on vowel sounds across dialects.