retroflex
英 [ˈret.rə.fleks]
美 [ˈret.rə.fleks]
- adj. 翻转的;向后弯曲的
- vt. 使反折;卷舌(发音)
- n. 卷舌音
retroflex 卷舌音的retro-,向后,往回,-flex,弯,卷,词源同 flexible,reflex.
- 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.
- 1. Her words sound a little retroflex , they are quite pleasant to hear.
- 她说话有点儿卷舌, 挺好听的.
- 2. There are conversions between highlight apical intermediary tone , apical make tongue sideapical retroflex and so on.
- 吉林方言同普通话对比,语音差异突出表现为舌尖音的声母转化.
- 3. Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants.
- 印度口音的特征是,讲话人用卷舌音读辅音.