关于字母组合ay，ai的学习

含有ay的单词：-ay读 a 的名称音(字母 y 是陪衬)

—- way, say, lay, pay, may, bay, play, clay粘土, stay,

spray喷洒, stray (迷路; 脱离正道)

—- away, always, repay, decay, delay, display, diay失望,

betray, Raymond(姓氏：雷门), essay散文; 随笔, crayon蜡笔

B. 含有ai 的单词：-ai 也读 a 的名称音(字母 i 是个陪衬)：

—- aid援助, maid, raid袭击, paid(pay的过去式), laid(lay的过去式), afraid

—- wait, await, bait(饵), strait, straight, gait步态, gaiter n.绑腿, traitor n.叛徒

—- mail, nail, fail, failure, sail, sailor, tail, tailor, detail, retail零售, curtail削减, prevail流行, jail, rail, railway, ailment疾病, hail冰雹, wail恸哭

—- aim, claim, exclaim, reclaim要求收回

—- rain, brain, train, strain, drain, drainage下水道, main, remain, gain, pain, paint, faint 昏厥, saint圣人, plain, complain, complaint, explain, contain, maintain, obtain, sustain

—- raise, praise, braise炖, waist腰部

—- faith信心 —– waive v.(放弃)与 wave是同音词

多音节单词有：appraisal, available, maintenance,

painstaking(煞费苦心的), bayonet刺刀

例外读音的单词主要有：says, said, again, against. 其中的 ay/ai 均读 /e/ .