homophones是什么意思？

homophones

英['hɒməfəʊnz] 美['hɒməfoʊnz]

• n. 同音异义词( homophone的名词复数 )；

例句

• One reason is to disambiguate homophones. 原因之一是为了区别同音词.
• Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both. 发音相同拼写和意思不同的两个单词是同音异义词.

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  （语言学中的）同音异形异义词
  In linguistics, homophones are words with different meanings which are pronounced in the same way but are spelled differently. For example, 'write' and 'right' are homophones.