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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary di·graph DATE 1780 1. a group of two successive letters whose phonetic value is a single sound (as ea in bread or ng in sing) or whose value is not the sum of a value borne by each in other occurrences (as ch in chin where the value is \\t\\ + \\sh\\) 2. a group of two successive letters 3. ligature 4Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 digraph di·graph / 5dai^rB:f; NAmE -^rAf / noun a combination of two letters representing one sound, for example 'ph' and 'sh' in English 双字母(两个相连字母表达单个音素) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged di·graph \ˈdīˌgraf, -aa(ə)f, -aif, -ȧf\ noun Etymology: di- + -graph 1. : a group of two successive letters whose phonetic value is a single sound (as ea in bread, ng in thing) or whose value is not the sum of a value borne by each in other occurrences (as ch in chin, where the value is \t\ + \sh\) 2. : any group of two successive letters |
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