Seeing a new word which has "oo" in it,

来源: 于 2011-05-30 06:50:30 [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 本文已被阅读：次

for example, "nook", how to know the "oo" in the word should pronounced long "u" or short "u" without dictionary.

Hmmm, too me, sometimes English pronounciation rule seems like a crapshoot.