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z 音标拼音: [z'i] n. 字母 z字母 zZ n 1: the ending of a series or sequence; " the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"-- Revelation [ synonym: { omega}, { Z}] 2: the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; " the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; " he doesn' t know A from izzard" [ synonym: { Z}, { z}, { zee}, { zed}, { ezed}, { izzard}] Z \ Z\ ( z[= e]; in England commonly, and in America sometimes, z[ e^] d; formerly, also, [ i^] z" z[ e^] rd) Z, the twenty- sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to s, y, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. ?, L. yugum; E. zealous, jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, [ sect][ sect] 273, 274. [ 1913 Webster]
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