circumflex

n. 声调符号, 长音符号 vt. 标声调符号 a. 有升降调特点的, 有声调符号的, 弯曲的, 旋转的, 卷曲的

发音

UK /ˈsɜː.kəmˌflɛks/
US /ˈsɝ.kəmˌflɛks/

词形变化

circumflexes 复数 circumflexes circumflexed circumflexes 三单 circumflexing circumflexing 现在分词 circumflexed 过去式 circumflexed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.

    抑扬音符

    抑扬符

v.
  1. 1.

    To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.

    to circumflex a syllable

  2. 2.

    To arch.

    废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Having a circumflex mark.

    ê is e circumflex.

  2. 2.

    Curving around.

    The circumflex coronary artery

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

diacritic diacritical mark

相关短语

circumflex accent 抑扬音符号 circumflex accents inverted circumflex accent circumflex

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).

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