“aunt”究竟是讀成“岸特”還是“昂特”？看了你就明白了

英語有很多地區(qū)差異和不同的口音，有些單詞有兩種不同的(但都是正確的)發(fā)音方式。下面是一些常見的具有多個(gè)正確發(fā)音的單詞。所以，到底這些單詞應(yīng)該怎么發(fā)音呢?你可以選擇你認(rèn)為聽起來最好聽的發(fā)音，或者你周圍說英語的人都在發(fā)的那個(gè)音。

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AUNT

Definition: the sister of your mother or father

定義：你父親或母親的姐妹

Can be pronounced ant rhyming with “pants,” or ahnt rhyming with “want”

你可以發(fā)pants里ant的音，也可以發(fā)want里ant的音

2
VASE

Definition: a decorative container for flowers

定義：裝花的容器

Can be pronounced vays rhyming with “face” or vahz with the “ah” sound in “father”

你可以像face里發(fā)vays的音，也可以像father里的ah發(fā)成vahz的音

3
ENVELOPE

Definition: a paper container for a letter, that you use to mail it

定義：裝信的紙制容器，用來郵件

The first “en” can be pronounced en as in “pen” or on as in “pond”

單詞開頭的en可以想pen里發(fā)en的音，或者像pond里發(fā)on的音

4
TOMATO

Definition: a red fruit

定義：一種紅色的水果

The “a” can be pronounced like the “a” in “hate” or like the “a” in “father”

單詞里的a可以和hate里的a一樣，或者像father里的a一樣發(fā)音

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ROUTE

Definition: a way leading to a destination

定義：一個(gè)走向終點(diǎn)的道路

Can be pronounced root rhyming with “fruit,” or rowt rhyming with “out”

可以像fruit里一樣發(fā)成root的音，也可以像out一樣發(fā)成rowt

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CARAMEL

Definition: a smooth, brown, chewy candy made from sugar, butter, and milk

定義：由糖、黃油和牛奶制成的光滑的、有嚼勁的棕色糖果

Can be pronounced KAR-a-mel with the “kar” rhyming with “bear”, or KAHR-mul with the “kahr” rhyming with “far”

你可以像bear里一樣，把單詞kar-a-mel發(fā)成kar的音，也可以像far一樣，發(fā)kahr的音，成kahr-mel

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TOURNAMENT

Definition: a type of competition in which competitors are eliminated until there is one winner

定義：一種賽制，在這種競(jìng)爭(zhēng)中，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者會(huì)經(jīng)歷淘汰，直到有一個(gè)獲勝者為止

The “tour” part can be pronounced tor to rhyme with “four” or ter to rhyme with “her”

tour這部分，可以像four一樣發(fā)tor的音，也可以像her一樣發(fā)ter的音

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PAJAMAS

Definition: clothes used for sleeping

定義：睡覺時(shí)穿的衣服

The “ja” part can be pronounced like in the word “jog,” or like the word “jam”

ja那一部分，可以像jog一樣發(fā)音，或者是jam的音

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NICHE

Definition: a small extra space inside a wall, or a special area of activity/skill/demand

定義：壁龕;一個(gè)特殊的活動(dòng)、技能、需要

Can be pronounced nitch to rhyme with “which” or neesh with the “ee” sound in “need” and SH sound at the end.

可以像which一樣發(fā)nitch的音，或者像need里ee的音一樣發(fā)成neesh，sh音在結(jié)尾

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PECAN

Definition: a type of nut

定義：一種堅(jiān)果

Can be pronounced 3 ways!

有三種發(fā)音方式

pi-CAHN (with the “ah” as in father)

像father一樣發(fā)ah的音

pi-CAN (with the “a” as in fan)

像fan一樣發(fā)a的音

PEE-can (stress on first syllable, “ee” as in “see”)

重音在第一音節(jié)，ee發(fā)see的音

REF : www.espressoenglish.net/10-english-words-with-alternative-pronunciation/