单词 | uptalk |
释义 | uptalk in British English (ˈʌpˌtɔːk) noun a style of speech in which every sentence ends with a rising tone, as if the speaker is always asking a question uptalk in American English (ˈupˌtɔk) noun a rise in pitch at the end usually of a declarative sentence, esp. if habitual: often represented in writing by a question mark as in Hi, I'm here to read the meter? Word origin [1990–95]This word is first recorded in the period 1990–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Web site, body double, molecular knife, retronym, strip mallExamples of 'uptalk' in a sentence |
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