metathesis 的定义
plural me·tath·e·ses [muh-tath-uh-seez]. /məˈtæθ əˌsiz/.
- the transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word, as in the pronunciation [kuhmf-ter-buhl] /ˈkʌmf tər bəl/ for comfortable or [aks] /æks/ for ask.
- Chemistry. double decomposition.
更多metathesis例句
- Metathesis of r is seen in undren 205, in loruerde 103 the scribe has added r by anticipation.
- The living speech is further characterized by innumerable cases of consonantal metathesis and by parasitic nasalization.
- It seems probable that the word asp in river-names is formed by metathesis from the word aps, p. 27, form 5.
- Mo and do are here changed, by Metathesis and the substitution of one broad vowel for another, into am and ad.
- Sometimes he lightened the pronunciation by metathesis, as he did when he pronounced interpretor as interpertor.