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    retroflex

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Linguistics
    ret·ro·flex /ˈretrəfleks/ adjective technical  SLa retroflex speech sound is made with the end of your tongue pointing backwards and upwards 卷舌（音）的    Origin retroflex (1700-1800) Modern Latin retroflexus, from Latin flexus “bent”
    ret·ro·flex adjectiveChineseSyllable


    retroflex
    ret‧ro‧flex /ˈretrəfleks/ adjective technical
     Date: 1700-1800
     Language: Modern Latin
     Origin: retroflexus, from Latin flexus 'bent'
    a retroflex speech sound is made with the end of your tongue pointing backwards and upwards


    retro·flexBrE /ˈretrəfleks/ 🔊NAmE /ˈretrəfleks/ 🔊 adjective(medical 医学) (of a part of the body 身体部位) turned backwards 后屈的(phonetics 语音学) (of a speech sound 语音) produced with the end of the tongue turned up against the hard palate 卷舌的