英语同音词的成因

第一篇：英语同音词的成因

英语的词汇比汉语大得多，而英语中的同音词要比汉语少得多，这是一个值得研究的课题。本文想仅就造成同音词的原因做一下抛砖引玉式的分析，以期引起人们对这一“被遗忘的角落”的关注。

一、专有名词与普通单词发音相同

这些专有名词在汉语中有相应的音译词语，已经为国人所熟悉，学起来读易好记，轻松有趣。写在横线前面的系专有名词，后面的为普通单词。Korea—career, Gaul（高卢人）—gall, Chile—chilli—chili–chilly, Greece—grease, Dane—deign, Finnish—finish, Bonn—bonne, Bern—burn, Cannes—can, Nice—niece, Seoul—soul—sole, Rome—roam, Bali—barley, Wales—whales—wails, Gana—garner, Kashmir—cashmere, Latin—lattin, Hyde—hide—hied, Maine—main—mane, Venus—venous, Klan—clan, Martin—marten, Oder—oder, Seine—sane—sain, Kant—cant

二、缩略词与普通名词发音相同

I’d—eyed, I’ll—isle—aisle, aren’t—ant—aunt, he’ll—heel—heal, we’ll—wheel—wheal—weal, we’re—weir, we’d—weed, where’s—wares, he’d—heed, Miss.—miss, AIDS—aids

三、名词的复数形式或动词的单数第三人称与普通单词发音相同

Locks—lox, laps—lapse, nays—neighs—naze, haves—hose, ewes—use, brows—browse, corps—cause, cocks—cox, days—daze, claws—clause, flecks, mews—muse, paws—pause, rays—raise—rase –raze, rows—rouse, tacks—tax, ova—over, feet—feat, wacks—wax, arms—alms

四、动词的过去式或过去分词与普通单词发音相同

这些动词的过去式有：

Blew—blue, flew—flu, gilt—guilt, knew—new, saw—sore—soar, threw—through, wore—war, wrote—rote, rode—road, were—whir.这些动词的过去分词有：

Seen—scene, grown—groan, done—dun, thrown—throne, been—bean, born—borne—bourn, sought—sort, caught—court, taught—taut, heard—herd, won—one, sent—cent—scent, led—lead, fought—fort—forte.五、前缀与普通单词发音相同

Anti—vs.ante, bi—vs.by—bye—buy, vice—vs.vise

六、因相邻字母重复与其它单词发音相同

有些是因为词尾的两个字母重复造成的同音词，如

add—ad, butt—but, bee—be, boss—bos, canvass—canvas, inn—in, nill—nil, wee—we, too—to, frizz—friz, redd—red, mandrill—mandril 有些是因为单词中间的两个字母重复造成的同音词，如 dessert—desert, cannon—canon, femme—feme

七、“ r ” 音节造成的同音词

重读“ r ” 音节造成的同音词。

Birth—berth, curn—kern—kirn, curb—kerb, firn—fern, surf—serf, surge—serge, mar—ma, spar—spa, farther—father, hart—heart, worn—warn, forth—fourth, for—fore—four—faugh.非重读“ r ” 音节造成的同音词。

alter—altar, seller—cellar, lumber—lumbar, manor—manner, razor—razer, minor--miner, prior—prier, sensor--censor , fakir—faker, sucker—succor, rumor—roomer, hanger—hangar, calendar—calender , trooper--trouper, meter—meter , steeler—stealer, waver—waiver, leaver—lever, weever—weaver.八、因不同的字母组合发音相同而构成的同音词

1．当字母组合—ea—, —ee—, —ie—读作[ i :]时：

beat—beet, beach—beech, cheap—cheep, lea—lee, creak—creek, leak—leek, leach—leech, pea—pee, peal—peel, seam—seem, meat—meet—mete, breach—breech, steal—steel, team—teem, flea—flee, weak—week, sea—see, seal—seel—ceil, weald—wield, leaf—lief, lean—lien, mean—mien

2．当字母组合—a—, —ai—, —ay—, —ea—读作[ei]: steak—stake, gate—gait, plait—plate, break—brake， faint—feint 3． 当母组合—ear—, —eer— , —ere—, —ier—读作[ i E ] 时：

sheer—shear, steer—stere, tear—tier, dear—deer, peer—pier, beer—bier, hear—here

4． 当字母组合—air—, —ear—, —ere—读作 [ ε

pear—pair—pare—pere, tear—tare, fair—fare, mare—mayor, hair—hare, glair—glare, flair—flare

5． 当字母组合 —ou—,—ow—读作 [au]

foul—fowl, praw—prau, flour—flower 6．当字母组合—al—, —au—, —aw—, —or—, —oor—读作 [E ：] 时：

E ] all—awl, ball—bowl, hall—hawl , mall—maul, flaw—floor, chaw—chore, paw—pore—pour, lawn—lorn, laud—lord, pawn—porn, raw—roar, stalk—stolk

7． 当字母组合o—, —oa—, —ow— 读作 [ ou ] 时：

melo—mellow, lo—low, hollo—hollow, loan—lone, flow—floe, so—sow—sew, brooch--broach 8． 当母组合—ou—,--oo--,--u--读作[ u： ] 时：

stoop—stoup—stoep, goop—goup, groom—grume 9． 当字母组合 —al—、—el— 在词尾读作[ El]

principle—principal, dial—diel, bridal—bridle, naval—navel, dual—duel, mutual—mutuel 10． 当字母组合—o—, —u—读作[ ∧ ]时：

son—sun, some—sum, sonny—sunny, none—nun 11． 当词尾的—y—和—ie— 发[ i ] 时：

talky—talkie, girly—girlie, roomy—roomie，12． 当 ‘y’ 和 ‘i’ 在相对应的位置上时：

hyp—hip, gybe—gibe，13． 当字母组合 —ay—, —ey—都发[ei ]时，如：

pray—prey

14． 当字母‘c’ 在 ‘i, e, y’ 前读 [ s ] , 或 ‘c’ 在其他情况下读 [k ] 时：

ascent—assent, cereal—serial, practice--practise

字母‘c’读[k ]时更多些：

pic—pick, sic—sick, bloc—block, spec—speck, specs—specks, bank—banc, torc—talk, yack—yak, scag—skag, scull—skull, cash—cashe, cast—karst, cart—kart, craft—kraft, colonel—kernel 15.—a—, —ar—, —er— 在词尾发[ E]音时：

canna—canner, quota—quoter, tabula—tabular（编辑：赵露）

（本文作者艾临，英语副教授。出版《每天幽它一默》（译著）、《英语新大陆》两部，在《中国日报》《英语沙龙》《中国成人教育》、《英语周报》、《英语辅导报》等发表论文多篇。研究方向是词汇与幽默翻译； 喜欢诗歌、旅游、历史与国际关系，发表诗作、游记、国际观察等数百首/篇）

第二篇：英语同音词汇总

英语同音词汇总

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英语同音词汇

aren’t 不是—aunt 姨妈、姑妈 band 带，乐队——banned被禁止的bare 裸露的——bear 熊

Bb—be 是—bee 蜜蜂 Bell 贝尔—bell 铃 Bill 比尔—bill 钞票 Black布莱克—black黑色的 blue蓝色的—blew吹 brake—break打断 Brown布朗—brown棕色的 Cc—see看见—sea 海洋 ceiling天花板——sealing 航行

cell小屋——sell 卖 cent分——sent派送

China中国—china瓷器

coarse a.粗糙的;粗鲁的——course n.路线;课程

complement n.补充物---compliment n.恭维;问候

council n.委员会;理事会---counsel n.商议;劝告 dear亲爱的—deer 鹿 desert 丢开---dessert 甜点

die – dye 染色

dying快要死的——dyeing染色 eight八—ate吃

fair 公平合理的---fare 车船费

father父亲—farther更远的 flower花-flour面粉

for为了-four四

fourth第四——forth向前

Green格林—green绿色的 groan呻吟---grown长大的hair头发——hare 野兔 hart雄鹿---heart心脏

heal治愈——heel 脚跟 herd牧群---heard听见 Hill黑尔—hill小山 hole洞---whole整个的hour小时——our我们的 idle 空闲的---idol 偶像

its它的—it’s 它是 I我---eye眼睛

Japan—japan King金—king 国王 knows知道—nose鼻子

lightning 闪电---lightening 轻松，发亮

made 制造---maid女佣

mail邮寄—male（雄性的）May五月—may可以

meet遇见---meat肉

Miss小姐—miss想念 new新的—knew 知道 no不---know知道

one一个---won赢 Oo—oh 喔

ours我们的—hours小时 pail 桶-pale 苍白

past过去的—passed传递 peace和平——piece块，片 Pear梨---pair双，对

plane飞机---plain平的poor贫穷的——pour倾倒 Pp—pea豆

principal 校长，主要的---principle 原则 原理

Qq—queue插队 Read里德—read 读 red红色的—read读 right右边的---write写 road路—rode 骑

roes雌鹿---rows 行，排---rose玫瑰

Rose罗斯—rose 玫瑰，升起 Rr—are是—ah 啊 sail航行——sale卖 sauce酱油——source水源 scent气味---sent邮寄 see看见---sea海洋

site位置，场所——sight视力

stationary 固定的;静止的---stationery 文具 steal偷—steel（钢材）story故事—stor（e）y(层）楼 tail尾巴---tale故事

there那里---they're他们是---their他们的threw仍，投---through穿过，通过 Tt—tea茶 Uu—you你，你们 wait等待——weight重量 way方法——weigh称重 weather 天气---whether是否;week星期，周---weak体弱的White怀特—white 白色的 whose谁的—who’s 谁是 wood木头---would愿意

wore穿，戴—war（战争）worn穿旧的，疲倦的---warn警告

wring绞，扭---ring 圈，环；打电话

you'll你将---Yule圣诞季节 Yy—why为什么

同音同形义异词：

leaves（leave的现在单数第三人称形式）—leaves（leaf的复数形式）found（find的过去式、过去分词）—found（建立、成立）left（leave的过去式、过去分词）—left（左、左边的）rose（rise的过去式）—rose（玫瑰花）

cleaner（clean的比较等级）—cleaner（清洁工）lay（lie的过去式）—lay（产蛋、下蛋）second（two的序数词）—second（秒）

shot（shoot的过去式、过去分词）—shot（投篮、尝试）

第三篇：英语同音词汇总

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英语同音词

Bb—be 是—bee 蜜蜂 Cc—see看见—sea 海洋 cent分—sent派送

China中国—china瓷器

eight八—ate吃

father父亲—farther更远的for为了-four四

Green格林—green绿色的 high高的—hi你好 hour小时—our我们的 its它的—it’s 它是 I我—eye眼睛

knows知道—nose鼻子

May五月—may可以

meet遇见—meat肉

Miss小姐—miss想念 new新的—knew 知道 no不—know知道

ours我们的—hours小时

Pp—pea豆

red红色的—read读 right右边的—write写 road路—rode 骑 Rr—are是—ah 啊 see看见—sea海洋

there那里—hey're他们是—their他们的Tt—tea茶

Too也—two二—to向 Uu—you你，你们

whose谁的—who’s 谁是 Yy—why为什么

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（陈玉清

第四篇：小学英语同音词

一、小学英语同音词

B—bee—be no—know C—see—sea hi—high

I—eye for—four R—are son—sun T—tea our—hour U—you pair—pear Y—why here—hear to—two—too there—their by—bye—buy right—write aren’t—aunt father—farther

who’s—whose

二、小学英语近义词

toilet — WC listen —hear class —lesson everyone —everybody glass —cup large —big glad —happy like —love little —small photo —picture purse— wallet start —begin home—house learn—study beautiful—pretty usually —often look —see cycle —bike near —beside hi —hello quick —fast garden —park desk —table speak —say —talk river —lake go home —come home a moment ago— just now a lot of —lots of — many

be good at —do well in of course —sure

be from —come from take a walk —go for a walk take a bus —by bus would like —want look for— find

三、小学英语反义词

big--small bad--good bright--dark black--white

beautiful--ugly cold--hot cool--warm come--go

cry--laugh clever--stupid

different--same

difficult--easy dirty---clean day--night early--late

fast--slow glad--sad inside--outside in--out

large--little left--right quiet--noisy new--old

like--hate open—close

quick--slow

stand--sit short--tall short-----long thick-----thin

thin--fat up--down wrong--right weak---strong

young-----old

第五篇：小学英语同音词

近义词

toilet — WC listen —hear class —lesson

everyone —everybody glass —cup large —big

glad —happy like —love little —small

photo —picture purse— wallet start —begin

home—house learn—study beautiful—pretty

usually —often look —see cycle —bike

near —beside hi —hello quick —fast

garden —park desk —table speak —say —talk

river —lake go home —come home

a moment ago— just now a lot of —lots of — many

be good at —do well in of course —sure

be from —come from take a walk —go for a walk

take a bus —by bus would like —want look for— find

同音词

B—bee—be no—know

C—see—sea hi—high

I—eye for—four

R—are son—sun

T—tea our—hour

U—you pair—pear

Y—why here—hear

to—two—too there—their

by—bye—buy right—write

red—read(过)aren’t—aunt

new—knew(过)father—farther

blue—blew(过)who’s—whose

wear-----where

meat----meet

最佳答案

old-new short-long strong-weak tall-short young-old good-bad fast-slow early-late happy-unhappy small-big busy-free

usually-often big-large much-many giant-huge simple-easy difficult-hard quickly-fast little-few kind-friendly happy-cheerful

i-eye my-mine right-write know-no too-to to-two two-too y-why be-bee you-u four-for