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标 题: Z
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Z, 26th and last letter in the English alphabet. It was taken from the Latin
alphabet, which derived it from a Greek letter ultimately based upon an
Egyptian hieroglyph.
The normal z sound, occurring in such words as zest and buzz, is produced
by placing the tip of the tongue near the sockets of the upper front teeth
and vibrating the vocal cords as air moves over the flattened edge of the
tongue. Although z occurs in some words derived from Anglo-Saxon, such as
freeze and graze, its appearance in a word (especially initially) generally
indicates a foreign origin, most often Greek (as in zeal) and occasionally
Arabic (as in zodiac).
"Z,"Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation. --
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