单词 | lay stress on |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay (also place, put) stress on (also upon) Chiefly in to lay (also place, put) stress on (also upon). From the late 18th cent. the usual sense of stress in the phrase is sense 11; even where the context discusses the nature of evidence, the phrase is typically interpretable in this newer sense, but some examples, mainly in U.S. legal contexts, suggest the continuation of the idea of evidentiary burden into the first half of the 20th cent.extracted from stressn.to lay (also place, put) stress on (also upon) Before the mid 20th cent. usually in to lay (also place, put) stress on (also upon). Probably arising from the earlier use of the same expression in sense 10.extracted from stressn.to lay (a) stress on a. Emphasis placed on a word or phrase by speaking it more loudly or with longer duration, greater articulation, etc. Also occasionally with reference to the use of italics, capitals, underlining, etc., to convey the same emphasis in written contexts. In early use in to lay (a) stress on. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > accent > stress accent stress?a1705 breath force1866 tone1874 ?a1705 tr. M. Le Faucheur Ess. Action of Orator xi. 167 He must also lay more stress upon Words of Quantity; as, grand, high, sublime. 1783 Peggy & Patty IV. 45 ‘Pray accept this trifle, as an earnest of my future friendship.’—She laid a stress on the word friendship, which was equally kind and delicate. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Channings I. iv. 27 There was a stress on the word ‘to-night’, and Hamish marked it. 1886 tr. H. L. Strack Hebrew Gram. ii. 37 The first word, the nominative, is pronounced more rapidly, with less stress. 1995 B. M. Stableford Opening Minds 9 The use of italics to indicate stress is virtually all that remains of the emphatic capabilities of the written word. 2010 B. Hart et al. Eng. in Mind (ed. 2) 155 Read out the first sentence, making sure that the stress on must is clear. Ask students which word was stressed in the sentence (must). < as lemmas |
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