circumflex
英 ['sɜːkəmfleks]
美 ['sɝkəmflɛks]
- adj. 弯曲的；有声调符号的
- n. 抑扬符号；长音符号
- vt. 标有抑扬音符；弯曲
circumflex 音调符号circum-,圈，周围，-flex,弯，转，见flexible.因形如小圆圈而得名。
- circumflex (n.)
- 1570s, from Latin (accentus) circumflexus, "bent around," past participle of circumflectere "to bend around," of a charioteer, "turn around" (from circum "around;" see circum-, + flectere "to bend;" see flexible); used as a loan-translation of Greek (prosodia) perispomenos (Dionysius of Halicarnassus), literally "drawn-around," with reference to shape.
- 1. We use a circumflex to indicate an operator.
- 我们用抑扬符表示一算符.
来自辞典例句
