It can be the explanation that people give for why something is done 可用以解释做某事的原因或理由:What was the reason for his resignation??
——【后面的英文缺中文译文“他辞职的原因是什么? ”】
(in Germanic languages) vowel change in related forms of a word, shown by two dots over the vowel in one of themder 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)
——Männer
★umlaut
/ˈumlaut; ˈʊmlaʊt/ n (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 Männer (= 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 Männer). (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.
<span class="df">(in Germanic languages) vowel change in related forms of a word, shown by two dots over the vowel in one of them <span class="viz">der Mann/die Männer</span> (→the man/the men) in German <zh>(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 Männer)</zh>.</span>