homophone
homophone — 名詞
- homophonesingular
- homophonesplural
1. A word that you say exactly the same way as another word, even though the two wo
同音詞
發音相同但拼寫或意義不同的詞
A word that you say exactly the same way as another word, even though the two words have different meanings and usually different spellings. For example, in English 'rose' (the flower) and 'rose' (past tense of 'rise') are homophones of each other because they sound identical when spoken.
The words 'flower' and 'flour' are homophones — they sound alike but are spelled differently.
“flower” 和 “flour” 是同音詞——它們發音相似但拼寫不同。
classic pair: flower/flour
Mia wrote five pairs of homophones on the board, including 'beet' and 'beat.'
Mia 在黑板上寫了五組同音詞，包括 “beet” 和 “beat”。
countable: pairs of homophones
Kwame's English teacher explained that 'hare' and 'hair' are homophones in most British accents.
Kwame 的英文老師解釋說，在大多數英國口音中，“hare” 和 “hair” 是同音詞。
At the spelling bee, Leila lost a point for writing homophone 'pair' instead of 'pear.'
在拼字比賽中，Leila 把同音詞 “pear” 寫成 “pair” 而失去了一分。
Maja mixed up the homophones 'allowed' and 'aloud' until her tutor drew pictures.
Maja 經常搞混 “allowed” 和 “aloud” 這組同音詞，直到家教老師畫圖說明才分清。
- homonym
a broader category that includes both homophones (same sound) and homographs (same spelling); all homophones are homonyms, but not all homonyms are homophones
文法句型
homophone + of [word]
homophone + for [word]
用法筆記
Frequently used in language-learning and spelling-instruction contexts. The plural form 'homophones' is more common than the singular. Teachers often group homophones into 'pairs' or 'sets'.