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Great Vowel Shiftn.（名词）- A series of phonetic changes occurring in Early Modern English in which the Middle English low and mid long vowels were raised, (ä) and (ō) becoming (ā) and (o͞o), for example, while the high long vowels (ē) and (o͞o) became the diphthongs (ī) and (ou).主要元音转移：早期中古英语中发生的一系列语音变化，中古英语的低元音和中长元音升高了，如(?)和（o）成了（a）和（oo），而高的长元音（e）和（oo）变成复合元音（i）和（ou）
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