noun🔗Share卷舌音 A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate."The linguist demonstrated how to produce a retroflex by curling her tongue backward towards the roof of her mouth. "语言学家示范了如何发卷舌音，她把舌头向后卷起，使其接近口腔上颚。languagephoneticslinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share翘舌音 A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge."The phonetics student struggled to produce a clear retroflex when practicing Hindi pronunciation. "那个语音学学生在练习印地语发音时，很难发出清晰的翘舌音。phoneticslanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share卷舌音 A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge."The pronunciation of the "r" sound in some dialects of English involves a retroflex. "在一些英语方言中，“r”的发音涉及到卷舌音。phoneticslinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share卷舌音 (phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants."The student struggled to pronounce the retroflex correctly, finding the tongue position difficult. "那个学生努力想正确发卷舌音，觉得舌头的位置很难掌握。phoneticslanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share反屈的，后弯的 Bent or curved backwards."The doctor noticed a slight retroflex curve in the patient's spine on the X-ray. "医生在X光片上注意到病人脊柱有一个轻微的向后弯曲。directionbodypartlinguisticsphoneticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share卷舌的，翘舌的 Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the tongue approaches or touches the palate."The teacher explained that the retroflex "r" sound in the word "rural" requires the tongue to curl back. "老师解释说，“rural”这个词里卷舌的“r”音需要舌头向后卷起。languagephoneticslinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share翘舌的，卷舌的 Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge."The speaker's accent was noticeable because she used a retroflex "r" sound, curling her tongue back in her mouth when she pronounced the letter. "因为说话时，她会发出翘舌音的“r”，发这个字母的时候，舌头会向后卷起，所以她的口音很明显。phoneticslanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share卷舌的，翘舌的 Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge."In some dialects of Mandarin Chinese, the "r" sound is often pronounced with a retroflex tongue position. "在一些普通话方言中，“r”的发音通常是用卷舌的姿势发出来的。phoneticslinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share卷舌的，翘舌的 (phonetics, general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations."The Mandarin Chinese word "shi" often has a retroflex pronunciation, curling the tongue back in the mouth while saying the sound. "普通话里的“是”字常常带有卷舌发音，发音时舌头要向后卷起。phoneticslanguagelinguisticssoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
