homograph
homograph — 名詞
- homographsingular
- homographsplural
1. A homograph is one of several words with an identical written form but unrelated
同形異義詞
拼寫相同但意義不同的詞
A homograph is one of several words with an identical written form but unrelated meanings — for example, 'bass' names a fish or a low musical note. The two words may also be pronounced differently.
Kofi learned that 'lead' (the metal) and 'lead' (to guide someone) are homographs.
Kofi 學到 "lead"（金屬鉛）和 "lead"（引導某人）是同形異義詞。
homograph + of [word] showing paired meanings
Mira learned that 'bass' is a homograph — it can refer to a fish or a low musical note.
Mira 學到 "bass" 是一個同形異義詞——它可以指魚或低音音符。
After Iris read 'wind' in two poems, her tutor called it a homograph with two pronunciations.
Iris 在兩首詩中讀到 "wind" 之後，她的家教說這是個有兩種發音的同形異義詞。
Linguists call 'bow' a homograph — the weapon and the bending motion share a spelling.
語言學家稱 "bow" 為同形異義詞——武器和彎腰的動作共用同一種拼法。
Lara and Roya found three homographs of 'fair' listed in their dictionary.
Lara 和 Roya 在字典裡找到 "fair" 的三個同形異義詞。
- homophone
Words with the same pronunciation but different spelling, such as 'flower' and 'flour'
- heterograph
A word spelled differently from another, regardless of pronunciation — rarely used outside linguistics
文法句型
homograph + of [word]
be a homograph
用法筆記
Often confused with 'homophone' (same sound, different spelling) and 'homonym' (same spelling or sound, different meaning, used broadly). Homographs are a subset of homonyms.