assonant
['æsənənt]
a. 谐音, 准韵



assonant
[ adj ]

1. having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables

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note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'

2. having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables

<adj.all>

Assonant \As"so*nant\, a. [L. assonans, p. pr. of assonare to
sound to, to correspond to in sound; ad + sonare to sound,
sonus sound: cf. F. assonant. See {Sound}.]
1. Having a resemblance of sounds.

2. (Pros.) Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called
assonance; not consonant.