accent mark

1. Primary stress/ accent, ie the strongest stress given to a syllable in a word or compound ( shown in this dictionary by the mark`)
   主重音，第一重音（标注于单词或复合结构的音节上的最强的重音，本词典中以‘`’号表示）。
2. A small diacritic mark, such as an accent, a vowel mark, or a dot over an I.
   小变音符号一种小的变音符号，比如重音符号，元音符号或i上加的小点。
3. Accent and syntactic devices can mark Focus.
   重音和句型结构可以标记信息焦点。

noun

1. a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

   Synonym:    accent