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单词 retroflex
释义
ret·ro·flex (rĕtrə-flĕks)
adj. also ret·ro·flexed (-flĕkst)
1. Bent, curved, or turned backward.
2. Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back against the roof of the mouth.
n.
A sound pronounced with the tongue in retroflex position, as the sound (r) in some varieties of English.

[Latin *retrōflexus, past participle of retrōflectere, to bend back : retrō, retro- + flectere, to bend.]

retro·flexion, retro·flection n.
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