1776, from Modern Latin retroflexus, past participle of retroflectere "to bend back," from retro (see retro-) + flectere "to bend" (see flexible). The verb (1898) is a back-formation from retroflexed (1806), from the adjective.
雙語例句
1. Her words sound a little retroflex , they are quite pleasant to hear.
她說話有點兒卷舌, 挺好聽的.
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2. There are conversions between highlight apical intermediary tone , apical make tongue sideapical retroflex and so on.
吉林方言同普通話對比,語音差異突出表現(xiàn)為舌尖音的聲母轉(zhuǎn)化.
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3. Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants.