| 单词 | accent |
| 释义 | accent (æksənt ) Word forms: accents 1. countable noun B1+ Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from. He had developed a slight American accent. Synonyms: pronunciation, tone, articulation, inflection 2. countable noun B2 An accent is a short line or other mark which is written above certain letters in some languages and which indicates the way those letters are pronounced. 3. singular noun If you put the accent on a particular feature of something, you emphasize it or give it special importance. He is putting the accent on military readiness. [+ on] There is often a strong accent on material success. Synonyms: emphasis, stress, importance, priority Quotations: The accent of one's birthplace lingers in the mind and in the heart as it does in one's speechMaximes I don't have an English accent because this is what English sounds like when spoken properlyThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno (US TV chat show) Collocations: accent colour And your accent colour - from accessories such as cushions and vases - about ten per cent. The Sun Don't let the accent colour dominate, though: more than one third and it will overpower the room. Times, Sunday Times You can add a subtle design with an accent colour or contrast your car's colour to really bring out the shape. The Sun While scientists seek a cure for greyer's remorse, outstanding lighting and accent colour can alleviate the symptoms. Times, Sunday Times It helps to have a bold accent colour. Times, Sunday Times Inject drama into a living or dining room with accent lighting. Times, Sunday Times Floor, wall and table lamps should be placed around a room, creating soft accent lighting that can also be used to highlight beautiful pieces of furniture. Times, Sunday Times Aim for three levels of illumination: ambient lighting, accent lighting and task lighting. Times, Sunday Times They are also suitable for accent lighting and for heating scented oil. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This would probably fall under accent lighting, though in a dark nightclub it could be considered general lighting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The perfect way to add an accent to a fresh-faced summer beach look. Times, Sunday Times Add accents of colour: border curtains in a strong hue, or introduce pattern in upholstered furniture. Times, Sunday Times A distant choir adds accents here and there and even a thunder can be heard at the peak of intensity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These can be used with other pastels for drawing outlines and adding accents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pastels have some techniques in common with painting, such as blending, masking, building up layers of color, adding accents and highlighting, and shading. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most of his fellow students were upper middle class, and their recollections of him focus on his 'appalling cockney accent', bad adenoids and 'shocking teeth'. Times, Sunday Times Yet she was equally attracted by acting and for her 16th birthday chose elocution lessons to eradicate her cockney accent over a bicycle. Times,Sunday Times The 93 year-old feels aggrieved about the panning his cockney accent got. Times, Sunday Times It's a familiar patronymic of respect, but in a cockney accent it sounds like mockery. Times, Sunday Times The hapless journalist then asks an even sillier question - whether she can do a cockney accent. The Sun Foreign accent syndrome: suddenly speaking as if you come from another country. Times, Sunday Times If he didn't wear those funny specs and have the foreign accent, we would have seen through this charlatan before now. The Sun It's quite likely in the circumstances that they have a foreign accent, but even if they haven't, whatever they've just said remains a mystery. Times, Sunday Times Listeners make assumptions about this: they interpret the oddities as a foreign accent. Times, Sunday Times A passenger tried to alert the cockpit about the problem, but the co-pilot was alarmed by his 'thick, foreign accent' and notified air-traffic control. Times, Sunday Times It's not just a stick-on moustache and a funny accent for him. Times, Sunday Times Within hours of being posted on the internet, the twominute video clip had been watched by millions, with viewers wondering who the 'random guy' with a 'funny accent' was. Times, Sunday Times Hairy, with big eyes and a funny accent? Times, Sunday Times He told me once that he had some trouble understanding his funny accent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nowadays they often wear jeans, and sometimes they even talk in funny accents. Times, Sunday Times But with a heavy accent. Times, Sunday Times He was known for his kind leadership, heavy accent and a sticketytoit attitude. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Using the funniest vocabulary and the ever so heavy accent, she manages to win the attraction of the towns people, including the love of the two best friends. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The characteristics of stop-time are heavy accents, frequent rests, and a stereotyped cadential pattern. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are folks with seriously heavy accents there, and they are proud of it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One had blue eyes and blond hair and spoke with a northern accent. Times, Sunday Times (2016) But it was unusual to hear the script delivered in a northern accent for once. The Sun (2011) All had northern accents and almost all said their accent had been mentioned by mentors at their schools. Times, Sunday Times (2015) And all because they couldn't find a woman of colour with a regional accent in time. Times, Sunday Times (2016) At least she tried a regional accent. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Like a northerner mocking a southern accent, making the 'a' sound like larf instead of laff. Times, Sunday Times Is the schoolteacher in the swamp and has a southern accent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, in previous animated cartoons and the radio show, she had a southern accent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If you want to become an actor, you have to lose that southern accent and quickly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He speaks with a southern accent and enjoys wearing a cowboy hat when out of uniform. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He doesn't have a strong accent, which helps. The Sun Play off this by varying neutral shades and adding strong accent colours through feature walls and/or accessories. Times,Sunday Times He has the single-minded focus, and the strong accent, to prove it. Times, Sunday Times Most students think it acceptable to use voice distortion apps to change the way they sound in telephone job interviews, perhaps to disguise a strong accent. Times, Sunday Times Some people think of it as a strong accent rather than a distinct dialect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She expressed her loneliness in simple sentences veiled in a thick accent. Christianity Today No thick blood here, just a thick accent that can barely wrap itself around the words. Times, Sunday Times He has a thick accent of indeterminate origin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Examples of this could include a noticeable scar, a thick accent or a habit such as cracking their knuckles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She had a thick accent and often sang and played her accordion at campaign events. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 口音 Japanese: なまり |
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