| 单词 | diacritic |
| 释义 | diacritic[ dahy-uh-krit-ik ] / ˌdaɪ əˈkrɪt ɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR diacritic ON THESAURUS.COM nounAlso called diacritical mark . a mark, point, or sign added or attached to a letter or character to distinguish it from another of similar form, to give it a particular phonetic value, to indicate stress, etc., as a cedilla, tilde, circumflex, or macron. adjectivediacritical. diagnostic. Origin of diacriticFirst recorded in 1670–80; from Greek diakritikós “able to distinguish, distinguishing,” equivalent to dia- dia- + kritikós; see critic Words nearby diacriticdiaclasis, diaconal, diaconate, diaconicon, diacope, diacritic, diacritical, diactinic, Día de los Muertos, diadelphous, diadem Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for diacritic
British Dictionary definitions for diacriticdiacritic / (ˌdaɪəˈkrɪtɪk) / nounAlso called: diacritical mark a sign placed above or below a character or letter to indicate that it has a different phonetic value, is stressed, or for some other reason adjectiveanother word for diacritical Word Origin for diacriticC17: from Greek diakritikos serving to distinguish, from diakrinein, from dia- + krinein to separate Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for diacriticdiacritic [ dī′ə-krĭt′ĭk ] adj.Diagnostic or distinctive. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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