umlaut
n.(日耳曼语系中的)元音变音 vt.使变音
难易程度:
umlaut为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:umlauted 过去分词:umlauted 现在分词:umlauting 第三人称单数:umlauts
umlaut
/'ʊmlaʊt; `umlaut/
n
(a) [U] (in Germanic languages) vowel change in related forms of a word, shown by two dots over the vowel in one of them, eg der Mann/die Manner (= the man/the men) in German （日耳曼语系中的）元音变化（在元音上加两点作为标志, 如德语中的 der Mann/die Manner）.
(b) [C] sign (consistingof two dots) that shows this 变音符（标示上述元音变化的两点）. Cf 参看 diaeresis.
n
(a) [U] (in Germanic languages) vowel change in related forms of a word, shown by two dots over the vowel in one of them, eg der Mann/die Manner (= the man/the men) in German （日耳曼语系中的）元音变化（在元音上加两点作为标志, 如德语中的 der Mann/die Manner）.
(b) [C] sign (consistingof two dots) that shows this 变音符（标示上述元音变化的两点）. Cf 参看 diaeresis.
umlaut
n[C]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: German;Origin: um- 'around, changing' + laut 'sound']
a sign (¨) written over a German vowel to show how it is pronounced
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: German;Origin: um- 'around, changing' + laut 'sound']
a sign (¨) written over a German vowel to show how it is pronounced
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