Suave

suave







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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