| 释义 |
circumflect, v.|sɜːkəmˈflɛkt|
[as. L. circumflectĕre to bend round; also, to mark or pronounce with a circumflex accent.]
1. trans. Gram. To mark with a circumflex accent.
†b. fig. To accentuate, emphasize (cf. circumflex B. 1 b.).
1643Sober Sadness 1 To circumflect the sad accents of their just Complaint. 1751Wesley Wks. (1872) XIV. 80 Nouns of the First Declension circumflect the Genitive Plural.
2. To bend round.
In mod. Dicts. |