shwa

noun
🔊/ʃwɑː/
🔊/ʃwɑː/
(also schwa)
(phonetics语音学)
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  1. a vowel sound in parts of words that are not stressed, for example the ‘a’ in about or the ‘e’ in moment; the phonetic symbol for this, /ə/非重读央元音,弱央元音,混元音(如 about 中的 a 或 moment 中的 e 所发的音);音标符号 /ə/ Topics Languageb2