retroflex
发音
How to pronounce retroflex in British English:
英 [ˈretrəfleks]
How to pronounce retroflex in American English:
美 [ˈrɛtrəˌflɛks]
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- Verb:
- bend or turn backward
- articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate
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- Adjective:
- bent or curved backward
- pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
单词词源
- retroflex (adj.)
- 1776, from Modern Latin retroflexus, past participle of retroflectere "to bend back," from retro (see retro-) + flectere "to bend" (see flexible). The verb (1898) is a back-formation from retroflexed (1806), from the adjective.
双语例句
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