To elide a sound is to leave it out when you say a word or a string of words. In fast speech, people elide letters and even whole syllables: family often comes out closer to FAM-lee; and can sound like an. Poets elide a vowel so a line has the right number of beats.

To elide a sound動詞elide一個音 is to leave it out when you say a word or a string of words意思是在說一個字或一串字時把那個音省略不唸。 In fast speech在快速的口語裡, people elide letters and even whole syllables人們會省略字母、甚至整個音節: family often comes out closer to FAM-lee像family唸起來常常更接近FAM-lee; and can sound like an而and可能聽起來像an。 Poets elide a vowel詩人會省略一個母音, so a line has the right number of beats好讓一行詩的音節數對得上。

It is a specialist word from language study; ordinary speakers just say we drop the sound or we don’t pronounce it.

It is a specialist word from language study這是語言學研究裡的專業用字; ordinary speakers just say普通人只會說 we drop the sound或 we don't pronounce it我們把那個音省略了、或不唸出來。

Though actually, people who write essays also stretch elide to mean “slide past” an awkward fact or difference — they leave it out of the argument the way a speaker leaves out a sound. The first home of the word is still the missing sound.

Though actually不過其實, people who write essays also stretch elide寫論述文章的人也會把elide延伸使用 to mean 'slide past' an awkward fact or difference意思是「輕輕帶過」一個尷尬的事實或差異 — they leave it out of the argument就像講者省略一個音那樣, the way a speaker leaves out a sound把它從論證裡省略掉。 The first home of the word is still the missing sound這個字最原始的用法，說的仍然是那個消失的音。