suave
Yahoo!奇摩字典
Yahoo!奇摩字典
a. (形容詞 adjective)
1. 和藹的,文雅的;討好的
a suave manner
溫文爾雅的舉止
2. 溫和的,平和的;平滑的
The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
suave (adj.)
The pronunciation sometimes traps the inexperienced: suave is a monosyllable, pronounced SWAHV; SWAIV is sometimes heard, but it's jocular (愛開玩笑的) for Standard users, most of whom would consider its inadvertent use a shibboleth.
shibboleth [shib-uh-lith]
基督教《聖經》考驗用的詞, 口令或暗語, 特殊的習慣
see inadvertent
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