释义 |
retroflexed, a. [f. as retroflex a. + -ed1.] 1. Bot. Bending or bent backwards, or backwards and forwards, retroflex; also Path. (cf. retroflexion).
1806J. Galpine Brit. Bot. 83 Cor. retroflexed: L. cordate, angular, denticulate. 1872Peaslee Ovarian Tumors 61 Frequently the uterus, being also carried backward by the traction of the ovary, is for the time retroflexed. 2. Phonetics. = retroflex a. 2.
1932D. Jones Outl. Eng. Phonetics (ed. 3) xxv. 200 Retroflexed vowels may be represented in phonetic transcription. 1950― Phoneme p. xiii, ɹ fricative tongue-tip r; also the corresponding frictionless continuant, and a retroflexed variety of this. 1973Amer. Speech 1969 XLIV. 263 The study consequently proposed to measure the degree to which the Midland dialect, in the form of heavily retroflexed postvocalic /r/, appears in Austin. |