retroflex

英 [ˈretrəfleks]

美 [ˈretrəfleks]

adj.  向后弯曲的; 后屈的; 反曲的; 卷舌的

医学

牛津词典

adj.

• 向后弯曲的；后屈的；反曲的
  turned backwards
• 卷舌的
  produced with the end of the tongue turned up against the hard palate

英英释义

verb

• articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate
  1. Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants
• bend or turn backward
  Synonym:replicate

adj

• pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
  Synonym:cacuminal
• bent or curved backward
  Synonym:retroflexed

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