| 单词 | stress of the voice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstress of the voice a. stress of the voice: the degree of vocal force or effort used in pronouncing a word, syllable, or other unit; spec. the greater degree of force that characterizes the pronunciation of an accented word or syllable (cf. sense 12b). Now rare. ΚΠ 1749 J. Mason Ess. Power & Harmony Prosaic Numbers 25 The Accents..were designed very probably at first to regulate the Tone or Key of the Voice, not the Stress or Force of it. 1785 Ess. Punctuation 153 The syllables, which require a particular stress of the voice in pronunciation. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 146 In the word presúme, the stress of the voice must be on the second syllable, súme, which takes the accent. 1863 Mass. Teacher June 206 The stress of the voice was determined by the written accent. 1886 Irish Monthly June 336 Each pair of syllables, out of the ten syllables which make up the line, has the accent or stress of the voice falling on its second syllable. 1950 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 71 29 The common Golden Line must have been very difficult for the ear to follow unless some hint were given, by the pitch or stress of the voice, that an adjective, for instance, belonged with a noun further on. < as lemmas |
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