English Dictionary

schwa

/ʃwɑ/

noun

(phonetics) An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA. / The character ə.

The schwa is the most common vowel sound in English.

意味（1）

(phonetics) An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.

The participle has also, owing to the accent, the lightest possible forms; but here there was no reduplication, and so in class I. the schwa took the form e before single mutes or fricatives, and elsewhere o.

意味（2）

The character ə.