downdrift

听听怎么读

英 ['daʊndrɪft]

美 ['daʊndrɪft]

是什么意思

往下漂流，逐渐下降；

英英释义

Downdrift

In phonetics, downdrift is the cumulative lowering of pitch over time due to interactions among tones, called downstep, in a tonal language. It is distinct from the general lowering of the pitch during prosodic contours of a tonal or non-tonal language.

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权威例句

Downdrift, downstep, and declination
The Development of Downdrift Erosion
Inlet Sediment Bypassing to a Downdrift Washover Plain
The Development of Downdrift Erosion: An Update of Paper in JCR, Vol. 11(4)
Universals of downdrift: Their phonetic basis and significance for a theory of tone
Downdrift coarsening of beach foreshore sediments at tidal inlets: An example from the coast of New Jersey
Evolution of Downdrift-Offset Tidal Inlets: a Model Based on the Brigantine Inlet System of New Jersey
Spit Growth and Downdrift Erosion: Results of Longshore Transport Modeling and Morphologic Analysis at the Cape Lookout Cuspate Fore...
Rates and mechanisms of shoreface progradation and retreat downdrift of the Amazon river mouth
Neoichnological activities of endobenthic invertebrates in downdrift coastal Ganges delta complex, India: Their significance in trac...