| 释义 |
di·aer·e·sis
\dīˈerəsə̇s, esp Brit -ˈi(ə)r-\ noun
also di·er·e·sis \-ˈer-\
(plural diaere·ses also diere·ses \-əˌsēz\)
Etymology: Late Latin diaeresis, from Greek diairesis, from diairein to divide (from dia- + hairein to take) + -sis — more at heresy
1. : the resolution of one syllable into two especially by separating the vowel elements of a diphthong or by resolving a w or y sound into a vowel — opposed to syneresis
2. : the mark ¨ placed over a vowel (as over the second of two adjacent vowels) to indicate that the vowel is pronounced in a separate syllable (as in naïve, Boëthius, Brontë) — compare umlaut
3. prosody : the break caused by the coincidence of the end of a foot with the end of a word — distinguished from caesura
4. : division 15 |