单词 | grave |
释义 | grave 2 ![]() adj. grav·er, grav·est 1. Requiring serious thought; momentous: a grave decision in a time of crisis. 2. Fraught with danger or harm: a grave wound. 3. Dignified and somber in conduct or character: a grave procession. See Synonyms at serious. 4. Somber or dark in hue. 5. (also gräv) Linguistics a. Written with or modified by the mark ( ` ), as the è in Sèvres. b. Of or referring to a phonetic feature that distinguishes sounds produced at the periphery of the vocal tract, as in labial and velar consonants and back vowels. n. (also gräv) See grave accent. [French, from Old French, from Latin gravis; see gwerə-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] gravely adv. graveness n. |
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