英:[ˈmækrɒn]
美:[ˈmeɪkrɑn]
英:[ˈmækrɒn]
美:[ˈmeɪkrɑn]
ma·cron
meI kran [or] mae kran
noun
a mark − placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is long or placed over a syllable or used alone to indicate a stressed or long syllable in a metrical foot
biographical name
Emmanuel (Jean-Michel Frédéric) 1977– president of France (2017– )
"用于表示元音字母长度的一条横线",1827年,源自于希腊文的拉丁化形式 makron,中性的 makros "长的"(源自 PIE 词根 *mak- "长,细")。
borrowed from Greek makrón, neuter of makrós "long (in time)" — more at macro-
The first known use of macron was in 1851
madadjective
arising from or marked by mental disorder—not used technically
done or made without thinking
a mad promise
extremely angry : furious
make a bull mad
very displeased
enthusiastic
mad about dancing
affected with rabies : rabid
a mad dog
wildly festive
a mad party
wildly excited : frantic
mad with pain
marked by intense and often chaotic activity
a mad scramble for the ball
macroscopicadjective
large enough to be observed by the naked eye
macroscopic animals
macronoun
a single computer instruction that represents a series of operations
macrophagenoun
a large phagocyte of the immune system
macronnoun
a mark − placed over a vowel (as in \māk\) to show that the vowel is long
1 Circumflexes represent macrons in this file, and ç represents c with an acute marking.
2 That gives everyone a few extra hours to mull over the macron—or find it on their keyboards.
3 Editorial note: Long s's have been turned into s's, and the occasional use of a macron over a vowel to express a following n or m has been replaced with the following n or m.
4 Double vowels representing a single long sound are rare except in a few names; the macron on the first “u” in “Tronhūus” is redundant.
5 In fact, it’s a macron, a symbol that many English speakers last saw at the age of 7 to connote a long vowel sound in grammar class.
6 Letters in brackets with a = sign before it means that the letters have a macron over them, e.g.
7 Many protesters slammed the French media for portraying the protests as led by violent agitators and for siding with macrons government.
8 The problem is that most journalists, like this one, don’t have a macron on their keyboard or don’t know how to find one on deadline.
9 Tossing a macron on top makes duplication less likely or, as Mitchell put it, “more ownable.”
10 Diacritical marks have been avoided, with the exception of the macron.
11 The use of the macron above the letter "O" in names throughout the book is inconsistent.
12 A macron means a horizontal line over a letter.
13 There are also a few Greek words in the Index, and a handful of letters with overline or macron, such as ī.
14 But according to observers, macron's un speech, in which he accused Russia of a modern-day imperialism and urged developing nations to side against Moscow, marked a shift in tone.
15 Use of the macron is not consistent throughout the text... ...and the spelling of some place names is not consistent either: e.g.
16 Transcriber's Notes: A few diacritical marks have had to be removed, but Chamberlain did not use macrons to represent lengthened vowels.
17 Aside from Greek letters, the only special characters displayed are a few letters e and i with a breve or macron.
18 But the global snack giant is having a hard time keeping hold of its macron. It’s vanished in much of the coverage of the new global brand.
19 The same name may appear either with or without a macron or the macron may appear above different letters when the same name is printed in different places through the book.
20 “And then I had seen someone else put the macron over a vowel in their name, so that’s how that happened.”