acrophony.
/uh-krof-uh-nee/US // əˈkrɒf ə ni //
鹦鹉学舌,鹦鹉螺,鹦鹉声,鹦鹉音
Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
plural a·croph·o·nies.
- ›the use of what was originally a logogram as a phonetic symbol for the initial sound of the word the logogram represented, as, in Semitic writing, the use of a picture of a shepherd's crook to represent the sound, the first sound of lamed, the Hebrew word for a shepherd's crook.
- ›the use of a word as the name of the alphabetical symbol representing the initial sound of that word.
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