retroflex
英 ['retrə(ʊ)fleks]
美['rɛtrəflɛks]
- adj. 翻转的；向后弯曲的
- vt. 使反折；卷舌（发音）
- n. 卷舌音
英英释义
- 1. bend or turn backward
- 2. articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate;
- "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"
实用场景例句
- Her words sound a little retroflex , they are quite pleasant to hear.
- 她说话有点儿卷舌, 挺好听的.
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中文词源
retroflex 卷舌音的
retro-,向后，往回，-flex,弯，卷，词源同 flexible,reflex.
双语例句
- 1. Her words sound a little retroflex , they are quite pleasant to hear.
- 她说话有点儿卷舌, 挺好听的.
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- 2. There are conversions between highlight apical intermediary tone , apical make tongue sideapical retroflex and so on.
- 吉林方言同普通话对比,语音差异突出表现为舌尖音的声母转化.
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- 3. Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants.
- 印度口音的特征是,讲话人用卷舌音读辅音.
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英文词源
- retroflex (adj.)
- 1776, from Modern Latin retroflexus, past participle of retroflectere "to bend back," from retro (see retro-) + flectere "to bend" (see flexible). The verb (1898) is a back-formation from retroflexed (1806), from the adjective.