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标 题: M
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2002年12月27日18:37:56 星期五), 站内信件
M, 13th letter in the English alphabet. It was taken over from Latin and from
the Greek letter mu, which in turn developed from the Egyptian hieroglyph
representing an owl.
The sound of m is made by closing the oral passage at the lips, relaxing
the soft palate, and setting the vocal cords in vibration; a current of air
is thus sent through the nose, and the sound is given a nasal resonance. In
some words derived from Greek, such as chasm and prism, a final m is properly
given syllabic value; it is silent before n in other words derived from Greek,
such as mnemonic.
"M," Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation. --
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