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retroflex

/re-truh-fleks/US // ˈrɛ trəˌflɛks //UK // (ˈrɛtrəʊˌflɛks) //

舌尖上的中国,舌尖上的幸福,舌簧,舌苔

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : bent backward; exhibiting retroflexion.
    • : Phonetics. articulated with the tip of the tongue curled upward and back against or near the juncture of the hard and soft palates; cacuminal; cerebral; coronal.

Examples

  • The retroflex sibilant is transliterated sh; this was unchanged.

  • This curve shows a point of maximum temperature at F1, and a retroflex portion F1G1.

  • This curve also shows a point of maximum temperature (F) and a retroflex portion.