homophone

IPA/ˈhɒməfəʊn/
KK[hˈomofˌon]IPA/ˈhɑːməfəʊn/

homophone — 名詞

  • homophonesingular
  • homophonesplural

1. A word that you say exactly the same way as another word, even though the two wo

1.名詞B2
釋義

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.

例句

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

常見搭配
  • homophone of [word]
  • homophone pair
  • homophone list
  • common homophones
  • homophone in English
同義詞
  • 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'.

常見錯誤

A homograph is a word that sounds the same as another word.
A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word.
homographs are spelled the same but differ in meaning or pronunciation; homophones differ in spelling and meaning but share pronunciation.

同根字

  • homophonic
    形容詞C1
  • homophonous
    形容詞C1
  • homophony
    名詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

常用片語

  • homophone in English
  • common homophone

介系詞搭配

  • homophone of
  • homophone for