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unaccented

/uhn-ak-sen-tid, uhn-ak-sen-/US // ʌnˈæk sɛn tɪd, ˌʌn ækˈsɛn- //

无音调,无声调的,无声调,无音调的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not accented; unstressed.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inweak
Antonyms

Examples

  • He is self-aware enough to make them comfortable with his self-deprecating humor and unaccented English.

  • But the shock of hearing someone who looks like Grout sing in unaccented Arabic soon dissipated and the crowd fell deadly silent.

  • Not helping matters: the fact that everyone speaks in unaccented American English.

  • It is curious that the close o is heard only in the infrequent diphthong óu, or as an obscured, unaccented final.

  • In the present case, both this and is are unaccented, which is much harsher than when this bears an accent.

  • In “Hiawatha” the accented syllable comes first, and the unaccented follows it.

  • A foot is a group of syllables composed of one accented syllable combined with one or more unaccented.

  • The marked verses have an accented syllable preceded by an unaccented syllable.