vowel ；

[例句] 如果把所有的元音列在前面，字母表可能会更为合理一些。 The alphabet might be more rational if all the vowels came first.

[例句] 单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。 The vowel in words like "my" and "thigh" is not very difficult.

[语] diphthong ；

[例句] 有时你又把单词开头的辅音和双元音含糊掉. And then you slur by dropping initial letters and diphthongs.'

[例句] 双元音是元音的组合. Diphthongs are complex ions of vowels.

vocalic，vowel ；

[例句] 注意r跟随的各种元音的发音. Note the various sounds of vowels followed by r.

[例句] 下面是一些有时被称做短元音的词. The following are sometimes called short vowels.

lax ；

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