| 单词 | accent |
| 释义 | Word Frequency accentnoun (ˈæksənt) 1. the characteristic mode of pronunciation of a person or group, esp one that betrays social or geographical origin 2. the relative prominence of a spoken or sung syllable, esp with regard to stress or pitch Compare pitch1 (sense 28), stress (sense 3)3. a mark (such as ˈ, ˌ, ´ or `) used in writing to indicate the stress or prominence of a syllable. Such a mark may also be used to indicate that a written syllable is to be pronounced, esp when such pronunciation is not usual, as in turn èd 4. any of various marks or symbols conventionally used in writing certain languages to indicate the quality of a vowel, or for some other purpose, such as differentiation of homographs acute (sense 10), grave2 (sense 5), circumflex 5. (in some languages, such as Chinese) any of the tones that have phonemic value in distinguishing one word from another Compare tone (sense 7) 6. rhythmic stress in verse or prose 7. music a. stress placed on certain notes in a piece of music, indicated by a symbol printed over the note concerned b. the rhythmic pulse of a piece or passage, usually represented as the stress on the first beat of each bar See also syncopation 8. mathematics either of two superscript symbols indicating a specific unit, such as feet (′), inches (″), minutes of arc (′), or seconds of arc (″) 9. a distinctive characteristic of anything, such as taste, pattern, style, etc 10. particular attention or emphasis an accent on learning 11. a strongly contrasting detail a blue rug with red accents verb (ækˈsɛnt) (transitive) 12. to mark with an accent in writing, speech, music, etc 13. to lay particular emphasis or stress on Word origin C14: via Old French from Latin accentus, from ad- to + cantus chant, song. The Latin is a rendering of Greek prosōidia a song sung to music, the tone of a syllable |
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