pronounce
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /pɹəˈnaʊns/
美 /pɹəˈnaʊns/
英文释义
名词 n.
- Eggcorn of pronouns.
动词 v.
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To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
— Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
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To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
— The doctor pronounced them legally dead.
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To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.; To pronounce dead.
— Despite resuscitative efforts, Mr. Gray was pronounced on 4/19/2015.
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To pass judgment.
— The judge had pronounced often before, but never in front of such a crowd.
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To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
— They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.
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To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.; To sound like.
— The Icelandic double l in Eyjafjallajökull is pronounced tl.
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To produce the components of speech.
— Actors must be able to pronounce perfectly or deliberately disabled.
- To read aloud.
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To emphasize, highlight.
— The two men standing are facing with their backs towards the audience, wearing tight knitted garments that pronounce their bottoms.
词汇关系
词源
Recorded since c.1330 as Middle English pronouncen (“to utter, declare officially”), from Old French prononcier, from Latin prōnūntiō, itself from prō- (“forth, out, in public”) + nūntiō (“to announce”) from nūntius (“messenger”).
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