aphesis

aphesis

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• n.【语】词首母音脱落
• 网络字首音省略；赦免；起跑线

英汉解释

n.	1. 【语】词首母音脱落

英英解释

n.	1. the loss of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word, e.g. in "squire" for "esquire"