accent
accent 英 [ˈæksent] 美 [ˈækˌsɛnt]
n. 口音，重音
进行时:accenting 过去式:accented 过去分词:accented 第三人称单数:accents 名词复数:accents
- An accent is a stress or emphasis on a particular part of something, usually a word. Pronounce the word "doofus" with the accent on the first syllable: DOO-fuss.
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- n. 口音，重音
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1. a strong accent
浓重的口音
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2. She spoke English with an accent.
她说英语带有口音。
- accent (n.) late 14c., "particular mode of pronunciation," from Old French acent "accent" (13c.), from Latin accentus "song added to speech," from ad "to" (see ad-) + cantus "a singing," past participle of canere "to sing" (from PIE root *kan- "to sing").
- accent (v.) "to pronounce with accent or stress," 1520s, from Middle French accenter, from Old French acenter "accentuate, stress," from acent (see accent (n.)). Meaning "mark with an accent sign" is from 1660s (implied in accented); figurative sense "mark emphatically" is from 1650s. Related: Accenting.
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