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Voice French Latin English Vocal Meaning Vocation Utterance

正面 466.voice
英 [vɒɪs]美 [vɔɪs]

背面
释义:
n. 声音;嗓音;发言权;愿望vt. 表达;吐露
例句:
1. His voice was harsh as he enunciated each word carefully.他一字一顿,听上去很生硬。

1. Spelling shew, popular 18c. and surviving into early 19c., represents obsolete pronunciation (rhymes with view).2. 音译“秀”,如:talk-show(脱口秀)。
voice 声音来自拉丁语vox,声音,发声,来自PIE*wekw,说话,发声,词源同invoke,vowel,evocative.
voicevoice: [13] Voice comes via Old French vois from Latin vōx ‘voice’, whose other contributions to English include vocal [14], vociferous [17], and vowel. Its ultimate source is the Indo-European base *wek- ‘speak, say’, which also produced Latin vocāre ‘call’, ancestor of English vocabulary, vocation, etc.=> vocal, vocation, vociferous, vowelvoice (n.)late 13c., "sound made by the human mouth," from Old French voiz "voice, speech; word, saying, rumor, report" (Modern French voix), from Latin vocem (nominative vox) "voice, sound, utterance, cry, call, speech, sentence, language, word" (source also of Italian voce, Spanish voz), related to vocare "to call," from PIE root *wekw- "give vocal utterance, speak" (cognates: Sanskrit vakti "speaks, says," vacas- "word;" Avestan vac- "speak, say;" Greek eipon (aorist) "spoke, said," epos "word;" Old Prussian wackis "cry;" German er-wähnen "to mention"). Replaced Old English stefn. Meaning "ability in a singer" is first attested c. 1600. Meaning "expression of feeling, etc." (in reference to groups of people, etc., such as Voice of America) is recorded from late 14c. Meaning "invisible spirit or force that directs or suggests" (especially in the context of insanity, as in hear voices in (one's) head) is from 1911.voice (v.)mid-15c., "to be commonly said," from voice (n.). From c. 1600 as "to express, give utterance to" (a feeling, opinion, etc.); from 1867 as "utter (a letter-sound) with the vocal cords." Related: Voiced; voicing."

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