英語で「megaton」はどう発音する？
ˈmɛɡəˌtɒn
ME·gə·ton
第1強勢： ME
実際の動画クリップの中でネイティブが文脈に合わせて「megaton」を発音するのを聴く
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “megaton”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
ME
Elevated pitch, sustained vowel length, and full acoustic clarity.
gə
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
ton
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
Primary emphasis falls on the first syllable ("ME"). Raise your pitch and sustain the vowel length on this syllable while relaxing the surrounding syllables.
Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes
The Trap: Pronouncing a hard, aspirated [tʰ] in casual conversation can sound overly formal in North America.
How Native Speakers Say It: In American English, a single "t" between vowels quickly taps against the alveolar ridge like a soft "d" ([ɾ]). In British English, maintain a crisp aspirated [tʰ].
Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow
When "megaton" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "megaton is" sounds like "megaton-iz").
Maintain the stress-timed rhythm of English: compress unstressed syllables rapidly so the beat of "megaton" aligns naturally with adjacent words.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“$3 a Megaton in spite of how experts all agree that this amount needs to be much”— TEDx TalksWatch clip
“It was tested in 1961 as a 50-megaton-sized weapon, so 50 million tons of TNT,”— WIREDWatch clip
“SS4s, each with a one-megaton warhead, ready to go.”— StanfordWatch clip
“When you can get to megaton yields, you are talking about characteristically different weapons.”— MIT OpenCourseWareWatch clip
“A fireball from a 1 megaton blast, which is like 50 Hiroshima bombs going off at once, can rise over 7 km high in just one minute.”— SciShowWatch clip
“slammed into the ground blew up and exploded with the energy of roughly a 20 Megaton nuclear bomb a very Hefty bomb”— TED-EdWatch clip
「megaton」のスピーキング練習
ネイティブの発音を聞き、マイクに向かってセンテンスを復唱すると、リアルタイムで単語ごとの発音精度スコアが表示されます。
$3 a Megaton in spite of how experts all agree that this amount needs to be much
文脈で聴く: “megaton”
36 件のクリップThe 英語 word “megaton” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as ˈmɛɡəˌtɒn (phonetic respelling: ME-gə-ton). Phonologically, it consists of 3 syllables (ME · gə · ton), with primary lexical stress placed on the 1st (initial) syllable (ME). Grammatically, “megaton” functions as a noun. SayItVid indexes 36 authentic 英語 video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “megaton” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from TEDx Talks, WIRED, Stanford.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USTEDx TalksClip #1 · @3:25
“and average of this tax is woefully inadequate just $3 a Megaton in spite of how experts all agree that this amount needs to be much higher $50 today more than $90 by 2030 and in excess of $200 by”
- 🇺🇸 USWIREDClip #2 · @26:26
“was the Soviet Tsar Bomba. It was tested in 1961 as a 50-megaton-sized weapon, so 50 million tons of TNT, so 50 million tons of TNT,”
- 🇺🇸 USStanfordClip #3 · @25:34
“but by the end of the week, by the Friday, they had one regiment with eight SS4s, each with a one-megaton warhead, ready to go. And the others were all operational except for the fact that the warheads had not been delivered to those”
- 🇺🇸 USMIT OpenCourseWareClip #4 · @24:13
“I mean that's important. When you can get to megaton yields, you are talking about characteristically different weapons. you are talking about characteristically different”
- 🇺🇸 USSciShowClip #5 · @1:06
“Hot air rises and fireballs rise fast. A fireball from a 1 megaton blast, which is like 50 Hiroshima bombs going off at once, can rise over 7 km high in just one minute. 50 Hiroshima bombs going off at once,”
意味と定義: “megaton”
- A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
- One million tons.
動画内の例文 (3)
- “Holonyms: gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)”
- “$3 a Megaton in spite of how experts all agree that this amount needs to be much”
- “It was tested in 1961 as a 50-megaton-sized weapon, so 50 million tons of TNT,”
よく使われるフレーズ・コロケーション
発音: “megaton”
- Pronunciation:
- ME-gə-ton
- 音節:
- ME · gə · ton
- Written Hyphenation:
- meg · a · ton
- 第1強勢：
- ME
- IPA:
- ˈmɛɡəˌtɒn
- 文脈で聴く
- megaton
押韻・ライミングワード： “megaton”
-ɛgəˌtɒn発音が全く同じ単語（同音異義語）
固有の発音「megaton」 (⁄ˈmɛɡəˌtɒn⁄) には一般的な語彙において同音異義語がありません。
「megaton」に関するよくある質問
「megaton」の英語の発音は？
「megaton」の発音記号は ⁄ˈmɛɡəˌtɒn⁄ (ME-gə-ton) です。上のネイティブ動画クリップを再生して、実際の会話におけるリアルな発音を聞いてみましょう。
「megaton」の音節（シラブル）数はいくつですか？
「megaton」には 3 つの音節があります：ME · gə · ton。
「megaton」のアクセント（強勢）はどこですか？
「megaton」の第1強勢（主アクセント）は「ME」にあります。動画内の強勢の置かれ方に注目して聴いてみてください。
「megaton」の意味は何ですか？
A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
「megaton」が実際に使われている文を聞くには？
このページには、字幕付きの動画例文が 36 件収録されています。「前へ / 次へ」（または矢印キー ← / →）を使って発音される瞬間をピンポイントで再生できます。
What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “megaton”?
Pronouncing a hard, aspirated [tʰ] in casual conversation can sound overly formal in North America. In American English, a single "t" between vowels quickly taps against the alveolar ridge like a soft "d" ([ɾ]). In British English, maintain a crisp aspirated [tʰ].