umlaut
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(a) [U] (in Germanic languages) vowel change in related forms of a word, shown by two dots over the vowel in one of them, eg der Mann/die Manner (= the man/the men) in German (日耳曼语系中的)元音变化(在元音上加两点作为标志, 如德语中的 der Mann/die Manner).
(b) [C] sign (consistingof two dots) that shows this 变音符(标示上述元音变化的两点). Cf 参看 diaeresis.
2 Two friends meet at school on the first day of term.2
两个朋友于新学期的第一天在学校见面。
You might get burnt and you might drop the pan of burning oil.
否则,你可能 被烧伤,也可能把起火的油锅扔掉。
Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.