| 释义 |
‖ macron|ˈmækrɒn, ˈmeɪkrɒn|
[a. Gr. µακρόν, neut. of µακρός long.]
A straight horizontal line (¯) placed over a vowel to indicate that it is ‘long’.
1851G. Brown Gram. of Gramm. 810 note, The different uses made of the breve, the macron, and the accents. 1891H. Bradley Stratmann's M.-E. Dict. Pref. viii, In my notation the macron is placed over an original long vowel which remained long in Middle-English. |