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单词 word stress
释义

word stress


noun

the stress pattern or patterns associated with the words of a particular language when they are considered in isolation.
Also called word accent.
Compare sentence stress.

Origin of word stress

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby word stress

words of one syllable, in, word square, words stick in one's throat, wordstock, words to that effect, word stress, Wordsworth, Wordsworth, William, word time, word wrap, word wrapping
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Example sentences from the Web for word stress

  • With respect to the word-stress and the metrical value of syllables there are in Shakespeare many archaic peculiarities.

    A History of English Versification|Jakob Schipper

British Dictionary definitions for word stress

word stress

noun

the stress accent on the syllables of individual words either in a sentence or in isolation
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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