单词 | post-nuclear |
释义 | post-nuclearadj.n. 1. Phonetics. Situated after a nucleus. Also as n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > accent > stressed > with respect to group subtonic1827 pretonic1864 post-tonic1880 protonic1890 nuclear1937 prestress1941 post-nuclear1944 pre-nuclear1952 internuclear1958 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > accent > stress accent > stress group > syllables with respect to subtonic1827 pretone1884 pretonic1892 head1922 nucleus1922 tail1922 peak1935 post-nuclear1944 precontour1945 nuclear1949 tonic1962 1944 Language 20 32 Two non-syllabics /j, w/ whose allophones in pre-nuclear and post-nuclear position are defined by the statement of the finals themselves. 1961 Y. Olsson On Syntax Eng. Verb vii. 189 The variation between the post-nuclears er and ee..corresponds to a distinction between (2) and (1). 1968 Language 44 80 Allotone 2..of the glide occurs in postnuclear syllables of the word. 1986 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 31 141 /s/ is aspirated and /n/ is velarized when in the rhyme of the syllable (which Guitart 1982 calls ‘postnuclear’ position). 1997 Language 73 163 A rhyme is the maximal projection of a nucleus, and because rhymes may only have two branches, an English coda occupies a single postnuclear position, not the two or three coda positions proposed elsewhere. 2. Subsequent to the development or use of nuclear weaponry; spec. of or belonging to the period after a nuclear war. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [adjective] > nuclear > pre- or post-nuclear pre-nuclear1946 post-nuclear1963 1959 Polit. Sci. Q. 74 559 If, however, these factors are looked upon as they relate to survival under primitive post-nuclear attack conditions, then they may be positive factors in Russia's favor.] 1963 Economist 7 Sept. 813/2 China was dreaming of a post-nuclear heaven. 1965 Punch 17 Feb. 259/3 Another post-nuclear society, this time dominated by farmers. 1990 CU Amiga Apr. 8/4 This unusual drivealong, which pits you against cars in a race through a post-nuclear wasteland. 1993 Sci.-fiction Stud. Nov. 374 The few survivors of World War III in London struggle to maintain their customary ‘stiff upper lip’ in the face of post-nuclear adversity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1944 |
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