| 单词 | dieresis |
| 释义 | dieresis —dieretic /duy'euh ret"ik/, adj. /duy er"euh sis/, n. , pl. diereses /-seez'/. 1. the separation of two adjacent vowels, dividing one syllable into two. 2. a sign (¨) placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate separate pronunciation, as in one spelling of the older forms naïve and coöperate: no longer widely used in English. 3. Pros. the division made in a line or verse by coincidence of the end of a foot and the end of a word. Also, diaeresis. [1605-15; < L diaeresis < Gk diaíresis lit., distinction, division, equiv. to diaire-, s. of diaireîn to divide (di- DI-3 + haireîn to take) + -sis -SIS] |
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