homophone
homophone 英 [ˈhɒməfəʊn] 美 [ˈhɑməfoʊn]
n. 同音异形异义字
名词复数:homophones
- A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and/or spelling. “Flower” and “flour” are homophones because they are pronounced the same but you certainly can’t bake a cake using daffodils.
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- n. 同音异形异义字
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1. Drinking cup (beiju) is a homophone for “tragedy” in Chinese, while toothbrush cup (xiju) is homophone for “comedy”.
“杯具”是中文中“悲剧”一词的谐音，而与“喜剧”相对应的则是“洗具”。
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2. The so-called homophone problem actually stems from the fact that the English language has very irregular spelling, perhaps more so than any other language.
所谓同音的问题，实际上产生于这样一个现实：英语语言有不规范拼写（可能比其他语言更甚）。
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3. The Spring Festival is also a time for people to pray for happiness and auspiciousness. For example, as a homophone, niangao means higher and higher, one year after another.
这个春节，它求吉祥，你比如说年糕，这年糕什么意思呢，是年年高。
- homophone (n.) "a word pronounced the same as another (whether spelled the same or not) but different in meaning and etymology," 1843, from the adjective homophone (1620s), from Greek homos "same" (see homo- (1)) + phone "sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say." Related: Homophonic. Greek homophonos meant "speaking the same language; sounding in unison; of the same sound or tone."
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