vowels

the articulation of vowels and consonants.

元和辅正确。

Of or resembling vowels;vocalic.

元：属于或象元；

Vowels possess greater sonority than consonants.

元比辅响亮。

In articulating a Monophthong, the vowel-sound doesn't change in quality throughout the course of a syllable. The other vowels in English are relatively Monophthongs.

单元时，在一个节过程不改。英语其他元均为单元。例如：

But there is something of the penguin about this freethinking statistician, who combines upper-crust vowels with the awkward charm of Griff Rhys-Jones.

不过，这位思想统计学家确实有些像企鹅——兼具上流社会口和格里夫•里斯•琼斯(GriffRhys-Jones)笨拙魅力。