noun🔗Share元音变换, 词根元音变换。 The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get and got; sing and song; hang and hung, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel."The English verb conjugations "swim, swam, swum" provide a clear example of ablauts. "英语动词“swim, swam, swum”是元音变换的一个清晰的例子。languagelinguisticsgrammarphoneticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share元音变换，语音交替 (of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel."In English class, we learned that the vowel in the word "sing" ablauts to "sang" in the past tense and then to "sung" in the past participle. "在英语课上，我们学到“sing”这个词中的元音会发生元音变换，变成过去式“sang”，然后变成过去分词“sung”。languagelinguisticsphoneticsgrammarwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share元音变换，使...发生元音音变 To cause to change a vowel."The language teacher ablauts "sing" to "sang" when explaining irregular verb conjugations to her students. "语言老师在向学生讲解不规则动词变位时，通过把 "sing" 变成 "sang" 这种元音变换的例子， 来解释元音音变。languagelinguisticsphoneticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
