英语释义
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n. A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter.
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v. t. To fetter; to shackle; to chain.
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H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the
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consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as
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that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to
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form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet,
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as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to
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modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p,
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with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of
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tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch), with the latter, the
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sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words, mostly derived or
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introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that
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those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in
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chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others,
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ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. See Guide to Pronunciation, //
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153, 179, 181-3, 237-8.