cir·cum·flex /ˈsɝkṃˌflɛks/
 抑揚音符


 cir·cum·flex /ˈsɝkəmˌflɛks/ 形容詞
 捲曲的,旋繞的


 Cir·cum·flex n.
 1. A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.
 2. A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or ░]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [░ or ^]. See Accent, n., 2.


 Cir·cum·flex, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumflexed p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflexing ] To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.


 Cir·cum·flex, a.
 1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.]
 2. Anat. Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.

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 circumflex
      n : a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some
          languages to indicate a special phonetic quality