• n. 口音；重音；強調(diào)；特點；重音符號
• vt. 強調(diào)；重讀；帶…口音講話

前綴ac-同ad-. 詞根cent,唱,同chant, 詠唱。字面意思指說話像唱歌，后指口音。后指先說后唱，強調(diào)。

accent

accent: [14] Accent was originally a loantranslation from Greek into Latin (a loantranslation is when each constituent of a compound in one language is translated into its equivalent in another, and then reassembled into a new compound). Greek prosōidíā (whence English prosody) was formed from pros ‘to’ and ōidé ‘song’ (whence English ode); these elements were translated into Latin ad ‘to’ and cantus ‘song’ (whence English chant, cant, cantata, canticle), giving accentus.

The notion underlying this combination of ‘to’ and ‘song’ was of a song added to speech – that is, the intonation of spoken language. The sense of a particular mode of pronunciation did not arise in English until the 16th century.
=> cant, cantata, canticle, chant

accent (n.)

late 14c., "particular mode of pronunciation," from Middle French accent, from Old French acent (13c.), from Latin accentus "song added to speech," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + cantus "a singing," past participle of canere "to sing" (see chant (v.)). Loan-translation of Greek prosoidia, from pros- "to" + oide "song," which apparently described the pitch scheme in Greek verse. The decorating sense of "something that emphasizes or highlights" is from 1972.

accent (v.)

"to pronounce with accent or stress," 1520s, from Middle French accenter, from Old French acenter, from acent (see accent (n.)). Related: Accented; accenting.

1. Accentuate the word " accent " on the first syllable.

在 “ accent ” 一詞的第一個音節(jié)上加重音符號.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. There is often a strong accent on material success.

經(jīng)常大力強調(diào)物質(zhì)成就。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Her Irish accent, after thirty-odd years in London, is undiluted.

她在倫敦呆了30多年，愛爾蘭口音仍很濃重。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Brand's keen ear caught the trace of an accent.

布蘭德敏銳的耳朵聽出了口音。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Joe had a low, guttural voice with a mid-Western accent.

喬說話聲音低沉粗嘎，帶著中西部地區(qū)的腔調(diào)。

來自柯林斯例句