| 单词 |
homophene |
| 释义 |
homophene|ˈhɒməʊfiːn|
[irreg. f. homo- + Gr. ϕαίν-ειν to show, to appear. (The Gr. formation would be *ὁµοϕανής, giving Eng. homophane.)]
A word having the same form to the eye as another; used esp. in reference to the reading of deaf-mutes, who recognize words only by sight. Hence homoˈphenous (more correctly -phanous), a.
1883A. G. Bell in Ann. Deaf & Dumb (1884) Jan. 44 Homophenous words, or words that have the same appearance to the eye. Ibid. 59 A knowledge of homophenes, that is..of those words that present the same appearance to the eye. 1884A. J. Ellis in Athenæum 12 Jan. 55/3 The word homophenes (similarly appearing), on the model of homophones (similarly sounding), was suggested to Prof. Graham Bell some years ago by Mr. Homer, late Principal of the Providence (Rhode Island) School for Deaf-Mutes, and has now been permanently adopted. Ibid., Here every word in the sentence is homophenous with the corresponding word in the list. |
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