| 词汇 | atonic |
| 释义 | atonic adjective uk /eɪˈtɒn.ɪk/ us /eɪˈtɑː.nɪk/ atonicadjective (BODY PART)medical specialized An atonic muscle or organ does not have a normal level of firmness(= the quality of being solid) and strength: In an atonic seizure, your muscle control is suddenly lost, causing you to fall if you are standing. All of the patients with atonic bladders had underlying diabetes. Related word atony In atonic dyspepsia, there is impairment of the gastric muscles. The womb is atonic, or slack, and struggles to contract. Atonic seizures involve a sudden loss of postural tone, usually resulting in an abrupt collapse. Weakness and vulnerability Achilles heel asthenia at a low ebbidiom atony be (only) flesh and bloodidiom fragility frail glass jaw helpless helplessly shakiness shaky sitting duck sitting target soft target weakling weakly weakness weedy wetly atonicadjective (PRONUNCIATION)language specialized An atonic word or syllable is pronounced with less force than other words in the same sentence or syllables in the same word. : All the other dialects have an atonic form for the first person plural. Several of the verses have only two or three syllables, counting the atonic syllables. The prosodic stress was coded as either tonic or atonic. There is deletion of a word-initial atonic vowel when the following syllable is stressed. Atonic pronouns cannot be used to introduce a pragmatically salient or new referent. Ways of speaking accented accentual accentuation aitch articulate asperity asyndetic asyndetically bray fluent intone mispronounce non-verbal non-verbally orthoepy paralanguage pragmatics pronounce singsong toned You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Linguistics: phonology & phonetics |
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