英语同音异义词大全
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英语同音异义词大全
英语的词汇比汉语大得多，而英语中的同音词要比汉语少得多，这是一个值得研究的课题。本文想仅就造成同音词的原因做一下抛砖引玉式的分析，以期引起人们对这一―被遗忘的角落的关注。
一、专有名词与普通单词发音相同。
这些专有名词在汉语中有相应的音译词语，已经为国人所熟悉，学起来读易好记，轻松有趣。写在横线前面的系专有名词，后面的为普通单词。
Korea—career,
Gaul(高卢人)—gall,
Chile—chilli—chili–chilly,
Greece—grease,
Dane—deign,
Finnish—finish,
Bonn—bonne,
Bern—burn,
Cannes—can,
Nice—niece,
Seoul—soul—sole,
Rome—roam,
Bali—barley,
Wales—whales—wails,
Gana—garner,
Kashmir—cashmere,
Latin—lattin,
Hyde—hide—hied,
Maine—main—mane,
Venus—venous,
Klan—clan,
Martin—marten,
Oder—oder,
Seine—sane—sain,
Kant—cant
二、缩略词与普通名词发音相同。
I‘d—eyed,
I‘ll—isle—aisle,
aren‘t—ant—aunt,
he‘ll—heel—heal,
we‘ll—wheel—wheal—weal,
we‘re—weir,
we‘d—weed,
where‘s—wares,
he‘d—heed,
Miss.—miss,
AIDS—aids
三、名词的复数形式或动词的单数第三人称与普通单词发音相同。
Locks—lox,
laps—lapse,
nays—neighs—naze,
haves—hose,
ewes—use,
brows—browse,
corps—cause, c
ocks—cox,
days—daze,
claws—clause,
flecks,
mews—muse,
paws—pause,
rays—raise—rase –raze,
rows—rouse,
tacks—tax,
ova—over,
feet—feat,
wacks—wax,
arms—alms
四、动词的过去式或过去分词与普通单词发音相同。
这些动词的过去式有：
Blew—blue,
flew—flu,
gilt—guilt,
knew—new, s
aw—sore—soar,
threw—through,
wore—war,
wrote—rote,
rode—road,
were—whir.
这些动词的过去分词有：
Seen—scene,
grown—groan,
done—dun,
thrown—throne,
been—bean,
born—borne—bourn,
sought—sort,
caught—court,
taught—taut,
heard—herd,
won—one,
sent—cent—scent,
led—lead,
fought—fort—forte.
五、前缀与普通单词发音相同。
Anti—vs. ante,
bi—vs. by—bye—buy,
vice—vs. vise
六、因相邻字母重复与其它单词发音相同。
有些是因为词尾的两个字母重复造成的同音词，如
add—ad,
butt—but,
bee—be,
boss—bos,
canvass—canvas,
inn—in,
nill—nil,
wee—we,
too—to,
frizz—friz,
redd—red,
mandrill—mandril
有些是因为单词中间的两个字母重复造成的同音词，如
dessert—desert,
cannon—canon,
femme—feme
七、 ― r ‖
音节造成的同音词。
重读― r ‖
音节造成的同音词。
Birth—berth,
curn—kern—kirn,
curb—kerb,
firn—fern,
surf—serf,
surge—serge,
mar—ma,
spar—spa,
farther—father,
hart—heart,
worn—warn,
forth—fourth,
for—fore—four—faugh .
非重读― r ‖
音节造成的同音词。
alter—altar,
seller—cellar,
lumber—lumbar,
manor—manner,
razor—razer,
minor--miner,
prior—prier,
sensor--censor ,
fakir—faker,
sucker—succor,
rumor—roomer,
hanger—hangar,
calendar—calender ,
trooper--trouper,
meter—meter ,
steeler—stealer,
waver—waiver,
leaver—lever,
weever—weaver.
八、因不同的字母组合发音相同而构成的同音词。
1.当字母组合—ea—, —ee—,
—ie—读作[ i :]时：
beat—beet,
beach—beech,
cheap—cheep,
lea—lee,
creak—creek,
leak—leek,
leach—leech,
pea—pee,
peal—peel,
seam—seem,
meat—meet—mete,
breach—breech,
steal—steel,
team—teem,
flea—flee,
weak—week,
sea—see,
seal—seel—ceil,
weald—wield,
leaf—lief,
lean—lien,
mean—mien
2。当字母组合—a—, —ai—, —ay—,
—ea—读作[ei]:
steak—stake,
gate—gait,
plait—plate,
break—brake,,
faint—feint
3.当母组合—ear—, —eer— , —ere—,
—ier—读作[ i ] 时：
sheer—shear,
steer—stere,
tear—tier,
dear—deer,
peer—pier,
beer—bier,
hear—here
4.当字母组合—air—, —ear—,
—ere—读作 [ ε ]
pear—pair—pare—pere,
tear—tare,
fair—fare,
mare—mayor,
hair—hare,
glair—glare,
flair—flare
5.当字母组合
—ou—,—ow—读作[au]
foul—fowl,
praw—prau,
flour—flower
6.当字母组合—al—, —au—, —aw—, —or—,
—oor—读作 [
：] 时：
all—awl,
ball—bowl,
hall—hawl ,
mall—maul,
flaw—floor,
chaw—chore,
paw—pore—pour,
lawn—lorn,
laud—lord,
pawn—porn,
raw—roar,
stalk—stolk
7.当字母组合o—, —oa—, —ow—
读作 [ ou ] 时：
melo—mellow,
lo—low,
hollo—hollow,
loan—lone,
flow—floe,
so—sow—sew,
brooch--broach
8.当字母组合—ou—, --oo--, --u--
读作[ u： ]
时：
stoop—stoup—stoep,
goop—goup,
groom—grume
9.当字母组合 —al—
、—el— 在词尾读作[ l]
principle—principal,
dial—diel,
bridal—bridle,
naval—navel,
dual—duel,
mutual—mutuel
10.当字母组合—o—,
—u—读作[ ∧
]时：
son—sun,
some—sum,
sonny—sunny,
none—nun
11.当词尾的—y—和—ie—
发[ i ] 时：
talky—talkie,
girly—girlie,
roomy—roomie,
12.当 ?y‘ 和
?i‘ 在相对应的位置上时：
hyp—hip,
gybe—gibe,
13.当字母组合 —ay—,
—ey—都发[ei ]时，如：
pray—prey
14.当字母?c‘ 在
?i, e, y‘ 前读 [ s ] ,
或 ?c‘ 在其他情况下读 [k
] 时：
ascent—assent,
cereal—serial,
practice--practise
字母?c‘读[k
]时更多些：
pic—pick,
sic—sick,
bloc—block,
spec—speck,
specs—specks,
bank—banc,
torc—talk,
yack—yak,
scag—skag,
scull—skull,
cash—cashe,
cast—karst,
cart—kart,
craft—kraft,
colonel—kernel
15. —a—, —ar—, —er— 在词尾发[
]音时：
canna—canner,
quota—quoter,
tabula—tabular
九、因不发音的字母或字母组合造成的同音词。
1. ―a‖在词尾不发音：
cocoa—coco
2. b‖
在以―—mb‖
结尾的词中不发音
climb—clime,
lamb—lam,
plumb—plum,
jamb—jam,
coomb—coom,
subtle--suttle
3. ― c‖ 不发音：
schort—short,
schorl--shawl
4. ― d‖ 不发音：
handsome--hansom
5.―e‖ ―
a‖在词尾不发音：
ore—or—oar—awe,
grate—great,
brake—break,
parol—parole,
griff—griffe,
prose—pro,
dyeing—dying,
sale—sail,
pale—pail,
male—mail,
lute—loot,
pane—pain,
base—bass
6.―n‖
前的―g‖常常为无
