For example, the sharp sides defining the bottom surfaces may be left unrounded.
Front and central vowels and back low vowels are normally pronounced with the lips unrounded.
The inside upper edge should be left unrounded, so as to prevent the staves from splintering when adzing the barrel.
1.1Phonetics (of a vowel) pronounced with the lips not rounded.
〔语音〕非圆唇音的
Example sentencesExamples
The o-sound of go, note, soap begins with a rounded vowel, while the o-sound in not is unrounded.
The /u/ of blue, room has a front, lowered realization, sometimes unrounded.
In the Russian transliteration, the vowel y is a high back unrounded vowel (not found in English); it's not like English y.
On the other hand, in some regions of the US caught and cot are distinct in pronunciation (typically with a rounded vowel in the first and an unrounded vowel in the second).
The resulting vowel is sometimes lightly rounded but more often unrounded, like the stressed vowel of father.
Definition of unrounded in US English:
unrounded
adjectiveˌənˈroundəd
1Not rounded.
非圆的
Example sentencesExamples
The inside upper edge should be left unrounded, so as to prevent the staves from splintering when adzing the barrel.
Front and central vowels and back low vowels are normally pronounced with the lips unrounded.
For example, the sharp sides defining the bottom surfaces may be left unrounded.
1.1Phonetics (of a vowel) pronounced with the lips not rounded.
〔语音〕非圆唇音的
Example sentencesExamples
In the Russian transliteration, the vowel y is a high back unrounded vowel (not found in English); it's not like English y.
The o-sound of go, note, soap begins with a rounded vowel, while the o-sound in not is unrounded.
On the other hand, in some regions of the US caught and cot are distinct in pronunciation (typically with a rounded vowel in the first and an unrounded vowel in the second).
The /u/ of blue, room has a front, lowered realization, sometimes unrounded.
The resulting vowel is sometimes lightly rounded but more often unrounded, like the stressed vowel of father.