accent

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈak.sənt/|/-sɛnt/    美 /ˈæk.sɛnt/|/ˈæk.sɛnt/|/-sənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it. countable,uncountable
    — In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable.
  2. Emphasis or importance in general. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — At this hotel, the accent is on luxury.
  3. A mark used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken stress. countable,uncountable
  4. Any mark used in writing over letters, either in order to indicate the place of the spoken stress, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked, or to distinguish homophones. countable,uncountable
    — The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent.
  5. Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone. countable,uncountable
    — I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you in a plain accent was a plain knave; which for my part I will not be, though I should win your displeasure to entreat me to 't.
  6. The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect. countable,uncountable
    — a foreign accent
  7. The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.; A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent. countable,informal,proscribed,sometimes,uncountable
    — My professor's accent is so thick that it's difficult to understand her lectures.
  8. The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.; A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it. countable,uncountable
    — I believe I still retain some of my hearing accent when I use American Sign Language.
  9. A word; a significant tone or sound. countable,uncountable
    — I heard my landlady's accents attuned to nervous civility, mingling with the mellow tones of a deep masculine voice,
  10. Expressions in general; speech. countable,plural,plural-only,uncountable,usually
    — Winds! on your wings to Heaven her accents bear, / Such words as Heaven alone is fit to hear.
  11. Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse. countable,uncountable
  12. A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure. countable,uncountable
  13. A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure. countable,uncountable
  14. A mark used to represent this special emphasis. countable,uncountable
  15. The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period. countable,uncountable
  16. A prime symbol. countable,uncountable
  17. Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings. countable,uncountable
    — accent color
  18. A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery. countable,uncountable
  19. Utterance. archaic,countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent. transitive
  2. To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent. transitive
  3. To mark with written accents. transitive

词形变化

accents plural accents present,singular,third-person accenting participle,present accented participle,past accented past

词汇关系

衍生词
accent acute accent diamond accentism accentless accent mark accentologist accentology accentor accent tag accent wall accent-wise acute accent blaccent circumflex accent deaccent diamond accent fagcent foreign accent syndrome grave accent gravo-acute accent misaccent nonaccent overaccent primary accent reaccent secondary accent tonic accent unaccent
相关词
circumflex diacritic

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Medieval Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der.
Proto-Italic *kanō
Medieval Latin canō
Medieval Latin accinō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Medieval Latin -tus
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Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq.
Medieval Latin accentusbor.
Middle French accentbor.
Anglo-Norman accentbor.
Middle English accent
English accent
Inherited from Middle English accent, from Medieval Latin accentus and Old French accent, acent, both from Latin accentus, past participle of accinō (“sing to, sing along”), from ad- + canō (“to sing”). The word accent had been borrowed into Old English already, but was lost and reborrowed in Middle English.
词源 2
From Middle French accenter, from Old French accenter, from Latin accentō, from accentus.
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