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1、AnEnglishHomophoneDictionaryomophonesarewordsofthesamelanguagethatarepronouncedalikeeveniftheyHdifferinspelling,meaning,ororigin,suchas"pair"and"pear".Homophonesmayalsobespelledalike,asin"bear"(theanimal)and"bear"(tocarry).Butthislistconsistsonlyofhomophonesthatarenotspelledalike.Homonym
2、isasomewhatloosertermthanhomophone,sometimesreferringtoallhomophonesandonlyhomophones,andsometimesreferringtothesubsetofhomophonesthatarespelledalike.Intheentriesbelow,themembersofeachhomophonicsetarelistedinalphabeticalorder.Eachsetisenteredonlyonce,atitsalphabeticallyfirstmember.Therei
3、snocross-referenceunlesstheinitiallettersofthemembersdiffer.Forexample,thepair"knot,not"islistedunder"knot".Under"not"onefindsnot(seeknot)Thediamondbulletindicatesacross-reference.Butthepair"shear,sheer"islistedonlyunder"shear"withnofurthercross-reference,becausethemembersbeginwiththesam
4、eletter.Occasionallyweincludeashortdefinitionofanunusualwordtoassurethereaderthatscribalerrorisnottoblameforlistinge.g.apatiteorsics.Whensingularhomophonenounsarealsohomophonesintheplural,thisisindicatedinparentheses,e.g.ad(-s),add(-s),adze.Similarly,whenhomophoneverbsremainhomophoneswhe
5、ninflectedinthethirdpersonsingular,thisisindicatedinparentheses,e.g.accept(-s),except(-s).Thesameindicationisusedwhenonememberofthepairisanounandtheotherisaverb,e.g.poor,pore(-s),pour(-s).Thesevariationsdonotreceiveseparatelistings,norareotherinflectedforms,suchas-edor-ing,orpossessives,
6、listedatall.Wedoincludeobsoletewordswhenweknowofthem,suchasdaininthepair,dain,deign.Butwehavemadenosystematicsearchforthem,andthereareundoubtedlyverymanynotyetinourlist.Thislistdeliberatelyomitsthefollowingtypesofhomophones.1.Asnotedabove,weomithomophonesthatarespelledalike,e.g.bear,bear
7、.2.Weomitnon-Englishwords,e.g.oui,we;nein,nine.Weomitnon-EnglishwordseveniftheyareoftenheardinEnglishconversation,perhapsaspartofcannedphrases.Henceweomitcarte,asinalacarte,fromthelistcart,kart.3.Weomitpropernouns,e.g.Wales,whales;peat,Pete.4.Weomitlettersofthealphabet,e.
