一個人操某某口音(to have/ speak in/ speak with a ..... accent)時,口音可以是很明顯 (marked, pronounced) 或很重 (broad, strong, thick),又可以是很輕微 (slight),最厲害是一點口音的痕跡也沒有 (without a trace/ hint of an accent)
形容口音可以是鄉村的(country) 或上流社會的(posh/ plummy)Posh: typical of or belonging to the upper class {Oxford Online}
She had a posh accent
他又可以裝其他口音(to imitate/ affect/ assume/ put on a ..... accent)An Anglophile (熱愛英國的人) who had affected a British accent {Oxford Online}To assume an upper-class accent
To put on an English accent {Free Dictionary}
其他參考文章︰
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/dilemmas-i-hate-my-sons-workingclass-accent-1106479.html
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