accent
英 ['?ks(?)nt; -sent]
美['?ks?nt]
- n. 口音；重音；強(qiáng)調(diào)；特點(diǎn)；重音符號(hào)
- vt. 強(qiáng)調(diào)；重讀；帶…口音講話
英英釋意
- 1. distinctive manner of oral expression;
- "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"
- "she had a very clear speech pattern"
- 2. special importance or significance;
- "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"
- "the room was decorated in shades of gray with distinctive red accents"
- 3. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people;
- "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"
- "he has a strong German accent"
- 4. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);
- "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
- 5. a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
