schwa

英 [ʃwɑː] 美[ʃwɑ]

畅通词汇

复数: schwas;

schwa 非重读央元音

来自德语 Schwa,非重读元音，来自希伯来语 shewa,中元音，中性元音。如 about 的首字母“a” 所发的“ə”音。

schwa (n.): 1895, from German Schwa, ultimately from Hebrew shewa "a neutral vowel quality," literally "emptiness."