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acute accent

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acute accentBrE /əˌkjuːt ˈæksent/ 🔊NAmE /əˌkjuːt ˈæksent/ 🔊 nounthe mark placed over a vowel to show how it should be pronounced, as over the e in fiancé 尖音符号(标在元音上面)   compare circumflex, grave2, tilde, umlaut