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2.1.8. ɑː/ɔː/ɔːr

这一对元音在发声的时候，嘴唇动作非常明显，要在嘴唇形成一个小的圆形之后才开始发音。

When pronouncing this pair of vowels, the lip movement is very noticeable. It's important to form a small circle with lips before beginning to vocalize.

在 CEPD 里，美音 ɑː 实际上对应的是英音里的短元音 ɒ。在美音里，ɑː 可以被理解为是个半长元音。

In the Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (CEPD), the American English vowel sound ɑː actually corresponds with the short vowel sound ɒ in British English. In American English, ɑː can be thought of as a semi-long vowel.

与英音的 ɒ 相比，美音的 ɑː 会嘴巴张得更大一点，读得更长一点，听起来更像 ɑ，但口型略圆。比如，dog, 英音是 dɒg, 美音却是 dɑːg；而 God, 英音是 gɒd，美音同样相对更长一点，gɑːd。

Compared to the British ɒ, the American ɑː is pronounced with a slightly more open mouth, held a bit longer, and sounds more like ɑ. However, the shape of the mouth is slightly rounded. For instance, for the word dog, in British English, it's pronounced as dɒg, while in American English, it's pronounced as dɑːg. Similarly, for God, it's gɒd in British English, but in American English it's elongated to gɑːd.

但是，长元音 ɔː 在美式英语里，也许口型张得相对更大一些，但，并没有 ɑ 的音色。比如，ordinary ˈɔːrdəneri 或者 inventory ˈɪnvəntɔːri。

However, the long vowel sound ɔː in American English might require a slightly wider mouth opening, but it doesn't have the flavor of ɑ sound. For example, ordinary ˈɔːrdəneri or inventory ˈɪnvəntɔːri.

另外，在重读音节里，ɔː 可能会被美国人儿化，读成 ɔːr ，更像是双元音 ɔər。比如，more mɔːr。

Additionally, in stressed syllables, ɔː might be rhotacized by Americans to sound like ɔːr, resembling the diphthong ɔər, for example, more mɔːr.

拼写（Spellings）

ɑː (equivalent to British ɒ)

• a
  • father ˈfɑː.ðɚ
  • watch wɑːtʃ
  • wasp wɑːsp
• al
  • almond ˈɑːl.mənd
  • balm bɑːm
  • palm pɑːm
• au
  • because bɪˈkɑːz
  • clause klɑːz
  • paunch pɑːntʃ
• aw
  • drawn drɑːn
  • awning ˈɑː.nɪŋ
  • law lɑː
• o
  • hot hɑːt
  • dog dɑːɡ
  • log lɑːɡ
• ough
  • bought bɑːt
  • thought θɑːt
  • fought fɑːt

ɔː

• al
  • palsy ˈpɔːl.zi
  • saltine sɔːlˈtiːn
  • wall wɑːl
• au
  • aurora ɔːˈrɔːr.ə
  • caudal ˈkɔː.dəl
  • saute sɔːˈteɪ
• aw
  • draw drɔː
  • saw sɔː
• o
  • boring ˈbɔː.rɪŋ
  • orange ˈɔːr.ɪndʒ
  • inventory ˈɪn.vən.tɔːr.i

ɔːr

• or
  • fork fɔːrk
  • horse hɔːrs
  • short ʃɔːrt
• oar
  • board bɔːrd
  • soar sɔːr
  • roar rɔːr
• our
  • four fɔːr
  • pour pɔːr
• ore
  • core kɔːr
  • more mɔːr
  • shore ʃɔːr
• oor
  • door dɔːr
  • floor flɔːr