單詞
circumflex
英 ['s??k?mfleks]
美['s?k?mfl?ks]
基本信息
- adj. 彎曲的；有聲調(diào)符號(hào)的
- n. 抑揚(yáng)符號(hào)；長(zhǎng)音符號(hào)
- vt. 標(biāo)有抑揚(yáng)音符；彎曲
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?circumflexes;
中文詞源
circumflex 音調(diào)符號(hào)
circum-,圈，周圍，-flex,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，見flexible.因形如小圓圈而得名。
英文詞源
- circumflex (n.)
- 1570s, from Latin (accentus) circumflexus, "bent around," past participle of circumflectere "to bend around," of a charioteer, "turn around" (from circum "around;" see circum-, + flectere "to bend;" see flexible); used as a loan-translation of Greek (prosodia) perispomenos (Dionysius of Halicarnassus), literally "drawn-around," with reference to shape.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. We use a circumflex to indicate an operator.
- 我們用抑揚(yáng)符表示一算符.
來自辭典例句
circumflex相關(guān)單詞