1 connected with the sounds of human speech; using special symbols to represent these sounds 和语音有关的；标示语音的: the phonetic alphabet 音标 ☞Look at transcribe. 参看transcribe。

2 (used about spelling) having a close relationship with the sounds represented （指拼写）跟发音关系密切的: Spanish spelling is phonetic, unlike English spelling. 西班牙语的拼写不同于英语的拼写，它与发音关系密切。 ➔phonetically /-kli ||; -klɪ/ adv