showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly 强调的;坚决的,断然的 the children were emphatic that they would like to repeat the experience. 孩子们强调说他们愿意再体验一下。 an emphatic movement of his hand. 他坚决果断的手势。 ■(of an action or event or its result) definite and clear (行动、事件或其结果)明显的,突出的 an emphatic World Cup win. 世界杯上取得的令人瞩目的胜利。 ■(of word or syllable) bearing the stress (词,音节)重读的 ■(Linguistics)denoting certain Arabic consonants which are pronounced with both dental articulation and constriction of the pharynx (语言学)阿拉伯语中某些通过牙齿咬合及咽部收缩而发出的辅音
noun
(Linguistics)an emphatic consonant (语言学)重读辅音
语源
early 18th cent.: via late Latin from Greek emphatikos, from emphasis (see emphasis)