stress mark
mark (as used in this dictionary) to indicate the stress(3a) on a syllable in a word 重音符號(表示字中某一音節須重讀的符號, 如本詞典所用的)
In the word `sympathetic' the primary stress (`) is on the third syllable, and the secondary stress (,) is on the first syllable. 在sympathetic一字中, 主重音符號(`)是在第三個音節上, 次重音符號(,)在第一個音節上.