compursion
Cách phát âm (2)
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/kəmˈpɜːʒn̩/
Ghi chú phát âm
- Received-Pronunciation
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/kəmˈpɜɹʒən/
Ghi chú phát âm
- General-American
Danh từ
A pursing, as of the lips.
Cách dùng- hài hước
- hiếm
- Ví dụ
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Thêm ví dụ (1)
However, as he knew not what the true cause might turn out, he deemed it most prudent, in the situation he was in at present, to bear it, if possible, like a Stoic, which, with the help of some wry faces and compursions of the mouth, he had certainly accomplished, had his imagination continued neuter: […]
A compursion of the boy's face. "Does it mean something I don't understand?"
Dạng từ
compursions