brogue
noun
uk/brəʊɡ/us/broʊɡ/broguenoun(WAY OF SPEAKING)
[Cusually singular]
a way ofspeakingEnglish,especiallythat ofIrishorScottishspeakers:
(爱尔兰或苏格兰人讲英语的)口音,土腔Shespokein hersoft,liltingbrogue.她讲话带有方言口音,柔声细语,抑扬顿挫。
Ways of speaking
- accented
- accentuation
- bray
- cacoepy
- cut glass
- dialectal
- drawl
- elocution
- enunciate
- flap
- fluent
- jawbreaker
- plummy
- pragmatics
- pronunciation
- prosodic
- prosody
- signer
- sociolect
- toned
broguenoun(SHOES)
brogues[plural]
strongleathershoes, usuallywornby men, often with apatternin theleather:
(通常为男式的)拷花皮鞋,粗皮鞋He'swearingapaleblueshirt, apairof well-cutbrowntrousersandtanbrogues.