retroflex

• 描述发音时舌尖向上卷起并抵住硬腭所发出的音，或指向后弯曲的解剖结构。

Describes a sound produced with the tip of the tongue curled back against the hard palate, or an anatomical structure bent backward.

1. Bent or curved backwardC2formal

   Describing something that is bent, turned, or curved in a backward direction.

   向后弯曲的

   • The retroflex shape of the plant's leaves helps it capture sunlight.
   • In anatomy, a retroflex organ is one that curves backward.
   • The artist's sculpture had a retroflex form, with its top bending away from the viewer.

   同义词recurvedreflexedretrorse

2. Linguistic articulationC2formal

   Pronounced with the tip of the tongue curled back toward the hard palate, a common sound in many languages.

   卷舌音

   • The retroflex consonants in Hindi are distinct from dental sounds.
   • Linguists study how retroflex sounds are produced in the vocal tract.
   • The English 'r' is sometimes considered a retroflex approximant.

   同义词cacuminalcerebral

• 动词，意为向后弯曲、翻转或卷曲，常用于解剖学或语言学语境中。

A verb meaning to bend, turn, or curve backward, often used in anatomical or linguistic contexts.

1. Bend or turn backwardC2formal

   To bend, curve, or turn something backward.

   向后弯曲

   • The surgeon carefully retroflexed the instrument to access the area.
   • In yoga, she learned to retroflex her spine gently.
   • The plant's stem retroflexed towards the sunlight.

   同义词recurve

   反义词extendforwardstraightenunbend

2. Articulate with tongue curled backC2formal

   To pronounce a consonant by curling the tip of the tongue back against the hard palate.

   卷舌发音

   • In some languages, speakers retroflex the 't' sound.
   • Linguists study how to retroflex consonants in phonetics.
   • He learned to retroflex the 'r' in his native dialect.