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a phoneme
phoneme 是可数名词，复数形式为 phonemes。
A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language.
音素是语言中最小的语音单位。
音素；音位
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
音素；音位
one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language.
音素是语言中最小的语音单位。
特定语言中不可再分的声音单位。音素是对物理语音(音素)的抽象,可能包含多个不同的音素。
An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
(语言学)特定语言使用者区分的一小组语音之一
(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
In English, the /p/ and /b/ sounds are different phonemes.
在英语中，/p/ 和 /b/ 这两个音是不同的音位。
Linguists study how each phoneme changes in different dialects.
语言学家研究每个音位在不同方言中如何变化。
A single phoneme can be pronounced in several different ways.
一个音位可以有几种不同的发音方式。
phoneme 是可数名词，复数形式为 phonemes。
A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language.
音素是语言中最小的语音单位。
讨论具体音素时，通常用斜线 / / 将符号括起来。
The phoneme /p/ is pronounced with a puff of air in English.
在英语中，音素 /p/ 发音时带有一次送气。
表示“某种语言的音素”时，用 the phonemes of + 语言名。
The phonemes of Mandarin include tones, which change meaning.
普通话的音素包括能改变意义的声调。
Not this
English has 44 phoneme.
Use this
English has 44 phonemes.
phoneme 是可数名词，表示数量（44 个）时必须用复数形式 phonemes。汉语名词没有复数变化，所以容易漏掉 -s；在英语中，数词后的可数名词要用复数。
Not this
Phoneme awareness is important for learning to read.
Use this
Phonemic awareness is important for learning to read.
phoneme 是名词，不能修饰另一个名词；这里需要用形容词 phonemic（音位的）来修饰 awareness。“phonemic awareness”是心理语言学和教育学中的固定术语，而“phoneme awareness”不是标准搭配。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
音位清单
The phoneme inventory of Hawaiian is small.
夏威夷语的音位清单很小。
元音音位
English has more vowel phonemes than Spanish.
英语的元音音位比西班牙语的多。
辅音音位
The contrast is between two consonant phonemes.
这个对比发生在两个辅音音位之间。
音位切分
Children practice phoneme segmentation in kindergarten.
孩子们在幼儿园练习音位切分。
音位删除
Phoneme deletion is a common task in phonological tests.
音位删除是语音测试中的常见任务。
Use phoneme naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：phoneme 像 phone（声音）+ me，声音的最小单位就是音素/音位。
语域：formal 常见场景：语言学论文、语音学教材、高校语言学课堂 “phoneme”是语言学（特别是语音学与音系学）的专业术语，通常出现在学术论文、教材和课堂讲解中，日常口语对话很少用到。
No common words rhyme with /ˈfoʊnim/. Among the lookalikes above, theme, scheme, extreme, and supreme rhyme with one another (stressed /iːm/), but phoneme has stress on /foʊ/, so it does not rhyme with them. Morpheme and grapheme, like phoneme, are stressed on the first syllable and end in /fiːm/, not /niːm/, so they are not rhymes either. Use them to remember the -eme spelling, not the sound.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.