A breve (/briːv/, less often /brɛv/; French:[bʁɛv]; from the Latin brevis “short, brief”) is the diacritic mark˘, shaped like the bottom half of a circle. As used in Ancient Greek, it is also called vrachy or brachy. It resembles the caron (the wedge or háček in Czech) but is rounded; the caron has a sharp tip.
近义、反义、联想词
近义词
n.
diacritical mark, diacritic
联想词
alla如同…一样的;grande重大的,壮大的,宏大的,盛大的,显要的;
英英词典
breve n.
a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound