diaeresis是什么意思

n.[语音]分音符号

1. The diaeresis is commonly used in French to indicate that two vowels should be pronounced separately, as in "naïve".
2. The last name "Brontë" is spelled with a diaeresis over the letter "e", but the letter is not pronounced.

a sign ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel to indicate that it is pronounced separately from the preceding vowel (as in naïve) or to indicate a vowel letter that is not pronounced at all (as in Brontë)