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Definition of retroflex in English: retroflex(also retroflexed) adjective ˈrɛtrə(ʊ)flɛksˈrɛtrəˌflɛks Anatomy Medicine 1Turned backwards. 〔剖，医〕后屈的；反折的 反折式内窥镜。 Example sentencesExamples - Full frontal constraint may flatten the face, limit mandibular growth, and result in a retroflexed head with a prominent occipital shelf.
- The retroflexed view confirmed a loose wrap with prolapsing gastric folds.
- The retroflexed view in the stomach demonstrated findings consistent with a slipped fundoplication.
- Scarring from adhesions as a result of endometriosis or fibroids can also cause the uterus to shift to a tilted or retroflexed state.
- 1.1Phonetics Pronounced with the tip of the tongue curled up towards the hard palate.
〔语音〕卷舌的，卷舌音的 卷舌音/r/。 Example sentencesExamples - Sicilian, phonetically characterized by the presence of retroflexed consonants, not only keeps all the vowel sounds clear and loud but introduces an epenthetic [i] in some consonantic groups.
- Waymamba taught us the sounds of Yolngu Matha, the retroflexed T that sounds like an ‘rt’, like watu, dog, the elusive ‘ng’ that emerges from the back of the throat, heard in the word Yolngu, and the glottal stop that sounds like a hiccup.
- It is phonologically impossible since Tamil has no [z] sound and since the retroflex approximant sometimes romanized < z > cannot appear in initial position.
- When you write an English word in Urdu, all the t's and d's are retroflex - indicated by a little sign over the top called ‘toy’ - it looks like the flat sign in western musical notation.
- What struck me is the retroflexed ‘d’ at the end of the first clip.
OriginLate 18th century: from Latin retroflex- 'bent backwards', from the verb retroflectere, from retro 'backwards' + flectere 'to bend'. Definition of retroflex in US English: retroflex(also retroflexed) adjectiveˈrɛtrəˌflɛksˈretrəˌfleks Anatomy Medicine 1Turned backward. 〔剖，医〕后屈的；反折的 Example sentencesExamples - Full frontal constraint may flatten the face, limit mandibular growth, and result in a retroflexed head with a prominent occipital shelf.
- The retroflexed view in the stomach demonstrated findings consistent with a slipped fundoplication.
- Scarring from adhesions as a result of endometriosis or fibroids can also cause the uterus to shift to a tilted or retroflexed state.
- The retroflexed view confirmed a loose wrap with prolapsing gastric folds.
- 1.1Phonetics Pronounced with the tip of the tongue curled up toward the hard palate.
〔语音〕卷舌的，卷舌音的 卷舌音/r/。 Example sentencesExamples - It is phonologically impossible since Tamil has no [z] sound and since the retroflex approximant sometimes romanized < z > cannot appear in initial position.
- When you write an English word in Urdu, all the t's and d's are retroflex - indicated by a little sign over the top called ‘toy’ - it looks like the flat sign in western musical notation.
- What struck me is the retroflexed ‘d’ at the end of the first clip.
- Waymamba taught us the sounds of Yolngu Matha, the retroflexed T that sounds like an ‘rt’, like watu, dog, the elusive ‘ng’ that emerges from the back of the throat, heard in the word Yolngu, and the glottal stop that sounds like a hiccup.
- Sicilian, phonetically characterized by the presence of retroflexed consonants, not only keeps all the vowel sounds clear and loud but introduces an epenthetic [i] in some consonantic groups.
OriginLate 18th century: from Latin retroflex- ‘bent backwards’, from the verb retroflectere, from retro ‘backwards’ + flectere ‘to bend’. |