"representing vocal sounds," 1803, from Modern Latin phoneticus (1797), from Greek phonetikos "vocal," from phonetos "to be spoken, utterable," verbal adjective of phonein "to speak clearly, utter," from phone "sound, voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)).
雙語例句
1. I thought a phonetic spelling might aid in pronunciation.
我想語音拼寫可能有助于發音。
來自柯林斯例句
2. the International Phonetic Alphabet
國際音標
來自《權威詞典》
3. Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.