英语词汇“dieresis”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

di·er·e·sis or di·aer·e·sis

(dī-ĕrĭ-sĭs)

n. pl. di·er·e·ses (-sēz′) or di·aer·e·ses

1. Linguistics

a. A mark (¨) placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that they are to be pronounced as separate sounds rather than a diphthong, as in naïve.

b. A mark (¨) placed over a vowel, such as the final vowel in Brontë, to indicate that the vowel is not silent.

2. A break or pause in a line of verse that occurs when the end of a word and the end of a metrical foot coincide.

[Late Latin diaeresis, from Greek diairesis, from diairein, to divide : dia-, apart; see DIA- + hairein, to take.]

单词	dieresis
释义	di·er·e·sis or di·aer·e·sis (dī-ĕrĭ-sĭs) n. pl. di·er·e·ses (-sēz′) or di·aer·e·ses 1. Linguistics a. A mark (¨) placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that they are to be pronounced as separate sounds rather than a diphthong, as in naïve. b. A mark (¨) placed over a vowel, such as the final vowel in Brontë, to indicate that the vowel is not silent. 2. A break or pause in a line of verse that occurs when the end of a word and the end of a metrical foot coincide. [Late Latin diaeresis, from Greek diairesis, from diairein, to divide : dia-, apart; see DIA- + hairein, to take.]
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