ADJECTIVE | ... OF ACCENT | VERB + ACCENT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤broad, heavy, marked, pronounced, strong, thick濃重的口音;明顯的口音◇She had a pronounced Southern accent.她帶有濃重的南方口音。➤slight輕微的口音▸➤country, foreign, local, regional (especially BrE) 鄉下腔;外國腔;當地口音;地方口音▸➤American, British, English, French, etc.美國腔、英國腔、英格蘭口音、法國口音等▸➤northern, southern, etc.北方、南方等口音➤middle-class (BrE) 中產階級口音▸➤cut-glass, posh, public-school, RP拿腔揑調的口音;上流社會的腔調;公學腔調;標準口音◇He spoke with a cut-glass English accent.他說起話來拿腔揑調的,有英國口音。➤cockney, hick (informal, especially NAmE) , Midwestern, Valley Girl, etc.倫敦東區、鄉下、中西部、山谷女孩等口音... OF ACCENT➤hint, trace少許/一絲口音◇Her French was excellent, without a trace of an accent.她的法語很棒,不帶一絲口音。VERB + ACCENT➤have, speak in, speak with有口音;說話帶有口音▸➤acquire (especially BrE) 習得某種口音▸➤adopt, affect, assume, put on採用某種口音;裝出某種口音◇She put on a Southern accent when she answered the phone.她接電話時裝出一口南方口音。➤fake, imitate, mimic假裝某種口音;模仿某種口音▸➤cultivate練成某種口音▸➤drop, lose丟掉/失去某種口音◇He lost his accent after moving to the capital.他搬到首都後說話就不再帶有口音了。➤place辨認是某地的口音◇Where are you from? I can't place your accent.你是哪裏人?我聽不出你是哪兒的口音。PREPOSITION➤in an accent用⋯口音說話◇She spoke in a strong Jamaican accent.她說話帶有很重的牙買加口音。➤with an accent, without an accent帶有/沒有口音◇a tall man with a Canadian accent帶一口加拿大口音的高個男子