accent
口音,腔调,口气,口腔
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Definitions
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- : prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- : degree of prominence of a syllable within a word and sometimes of a word within a phrase:primary accent; secondary accent.
- : a mark indicating stress, or), vowel quality, form, or pitch.
- : any similar mark.
- : Prosody. regularly recurring stress.a mark indicating stress or some other distinction in pronunciation or value.
- : a musical tone or pattern of pitch inherent in a particular language either as a feature essential to the identification of a vowel or a syllable or to the general acoustic character of the language.Compare tone.
- : Often accents. the unique speech patterns, inflections, choice of words, etc., that identify a particular individual: We recognized his accents immediately. She corrected me in her usual mild accents.the distinctive style or tone characteristic of an author, composer, etc.: the unmistakably Brahmsian accents of the sonata; She recognized the familiar accents of Robert Frost in the poem.
- : a mode of pronunciation, as pitch or tone, emphasis pattern, or intonation, characteristic of or peculiar to the speech of a particular person, group, or locality: French accent; Southern accent.Compare tone.
- : such a mode of pronunciation recognized as being of foreign origin: He still speaks with an accent.
- : Music. a stress or emphasis given to certain notes.a mark noting this.stress or emphasis regularly recurring as a feature of rhythm.
- : Mathematics. a symbol used to distinguish similar quantities that differ in value, as in b′, b″, b‴.a symbol used to indicate a particular unit of measure, as feet or inches, minutes or seconds.a symbol used to indicate the order of a derivative of a function in calculus, as f′ is the first derivative of a function f.
- : words or tones expressive of some emotion.
- : accents, words; language; speech: He spoke in accents bold.
- : distinctive character or tone: an accent of whining complaint.
- : special attention, stress, or emphasis: an accent on accuracy.
- : a detail that is emphasized by contrasting with its surroundings: a room decorated in navy blue with two red vases as accents.
- : a distinctive but subordinate pattern, motif, color, flavor, or the like: The salad dressing had an accent of garlic.
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- : to pronounce with prominence: to accent the first syllable of “into”; to accent the first word of “White House.”Compare stress.
- : to mark with a written accent or accents.
- : to give emphasis or prominence to; accentuate.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
It really felt like doing an accent even though we’re both Australian.
These accents tend to be the standard form of the language, so, these are usually the pronunciations you hear from mass media, government, business, education … from the dominant social group.
Its founder, Nosipho Maketo-van den Bragt, knew first-hand that there were women in high-flying corporate jobs who needed meticulously-tailored outfits that had colors and accents reflecting a beautiful heritage.
I was in high school when I realized that I spoke with an accent.
In 2017, one article found that a search for “neutral accents” resulted in 57 job listings on LinkedIn in the United States.
But the people from Valley Stream had such a thick New York accent that was all around me.
I struck up a conversation with a man in his fifties or sixties who had a Brooklyn accent.
He seems miffed that Liv Ullmann would go off and do a musical when he was thinking of putting her, accent and all, in his movie.
Of course, in her Neverland they bleach your teeth so white they glow and Madonna coaches you on your convincing British accent.
On it a young beardless man speaks Chechen and Arabic with a soft accent.
And all over the world each language would be taught with the same accent and quantities and idioms—a very desirable thing indeed.
The baron's pallid face looked more bloodless, his accent was fiercer, and his countenance more ruffianly as he uttered all this.
As Ted suspected, the stranger was of Northern birth, which showed itself in his accent and cold, proud bearing.
Near me, sitting at a little table, were two gentlemen—unmistakably Scotch, as their accent proclaimed.
Let your articulation be easy, clear, correct in accent, and suited in tone and emphasis to your discourse.