assimilation

US [əˌsɪmɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n]
UK [ə.sɪmɪ'leɪʃ(ə)n]
  • n.吸收;接受
  • Web同化;同化作用;同化现象
Assimilation
n.
1.
[u]
吸收;接受the act of assimilating sb or sth, or being assimilated
the rapid assimilation of new ideas
对新思想的迅速吸收
his assimilation into the community
他融入社区
2.
[u][c]
同化(使相邻的两个音发音接近,如 football 中 /t/ 同化为 /p/);同化现象the act of making two sounds in speech that are next to each other more similar to each other in certain ways, for example the pronunciation of the in as a <eph>p</eph> ; an example of this

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