Phrase
acute accent
重音符
the mark ´ placed over a vowel in some languages, often indicating stress or a specific pronunciation
- 1.
A diacritical mark ( ́ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.
一种重音符号( ́ ),可用于拉丁、希腊和西里尔字母系统中的多个字母上方。
一种重音符号( ́ ),可用于拉丁、希腊和西里尔字母系统中的多个字母上方。
In use
The acute accent on the 'e' in 'café' tells you to stress that syllable.
To type the word 'résumé', you need an acute accent over the first 'e'.
Some languages use acute accents to mark the stressed vowel in a word.
letter + have/has an acute accent
描述字母带重音符。
The letter 'é' has an acute accent.
字母 'é' 有一个重音符。
type + an acute accent
指输入操作。
You can type an acute accent by pressing a specific key combination.
你可以通过按特定组合键来输入重音符。
acute accent on + letter
说明重音符的位置。
The acute accent on the 'e' changes its pronunciation.
'e' 上的重音符改变其发音。
Common mistakes
He speaks with an acute accent.He speaks with a strong foreign accent.
'acute accent' 指的是重音符(如 é 上的撇号),不是指人的口音。应使用 'foreign accent' 或 'strong accent' 表示口音。
The accent acute is written above the letter e.The acute accent is written above the letter e.
英语中形容词通常放在名词前面,而汉语中修饰语常后置。'acute accent' 的正确语序是形容词在前,名词在后。
Connections
Confusing words
- grave accent
- 抑音符号 · 与acute accent同为重音符号,但方向相反:acute accent朝右上(如á),grave accent朝右下(如è)。
- accent
- 口音 · accent可指重音符号或口音,而acute accent仅指一种重音符号。学习者易将accent仅理解为口音。
Word family
- acute accents
- plural
Learner notes
Grammar Note
通常单数
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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