| 单词 | homophonous |
| 例句 | Or that, at the age of thirty-eight, I still avoid using the common noun that is homophonous with my abuser’s name. The Power and Limitations of Victim-Impact Statements 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z But she was hoisted by her own homophonous petard. What ‘your’ vs. ‘you’re’ says about Congress right now 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Reid’s play on words — Charles and David Koch share a homophonous name with a recreational drug — came less than a week after Reid called the brothers “un-American” for funding anti-Obamacare attack ads. Harry Reid: 'Republicans Addicted to Koch' 2014-03-04T22:35:18Z According to phonetic law the latter word should have become litch in modern English; but it very early underwent a punning alteration which made it homophonous with the ancient word for physician. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin In old Greek we and you were ημεις and υμεις: and those words became absolutely homophonous, so that one of them had to go. Society for Pure English, Tract 02 On English Homophones When two or more words different in origin and signification are pronounced alike, whether they are alike or not in their spelling, they are said to be homophonous, or homophones of each other. Society for Pure English, Tract 02 On English Homophones Homophony is between words as significant sounds, but it is needful to state that homophonous words must be different words, else we should include a whole class of words which are not true homophones. Society for Pure English, Tract 02 On English Homophones |
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