单词 | articulator |
释义 | articulatorn. 1. a. A person who articulates speech sounds; a person who speaks clearly and distinctly. Frequently with modifying adjective. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun] mathelereOE mouthOE speaker1303 sayer1340 outera1415 utterer1509 handler1534 trumpet1549 discourser1564 deliverer1580 linguist1612 vocalist1613 sermocinator1623 sermocinatrix1623 articulator1651 worder1654 voice1667 stringer1774 tonguer1822 vocalizer1830 locutor1858 outspeaker1858 speaker-hearer1965 speaker-listener1965 1651 J. Ellistone tr. J. Böhme Signatura Rerum iv. 29 He [sc. Mercury] is in his spiritual property the Distinguisher (or Articulator) of the words, voyces, and speeches. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1777 II. 148 A well-drest elderly housekeeper, a most distinct articulator, shewed us the house. 1835 Lit. & Theol. Rev. 2 383 His [deaf] pupils are said to have been accomplished articulators. 1860 H. McQueen Orator's Touchstone xxxviii. 134 It may be said of a person whose voice does not come to the aid of his understanding in the pronunciation of words, that he is a correct pronouncer, but not a perfect or just articulator. 1937 Times 28 Jan. 12/4 Experience of parades has made them clear articulators. 1955 Music & Lett. 36 40 Our stammerers, bad articulators, those whose minds had been stumped by words strange..all seemed to get into the way of grammar and speech far more easily by way of ‘singing it’. 1991 R. S. Perinbanayagam Discursive Acts iii. 34 From a basic pattern of sounds an articulator produces varied phonemes that are organized so as to constitute words. b. A person who (publicly) expresses a particular idea or opinion; an advocate or representative of a specific viewpoint, belief, etc. ΚΠ 1966 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 21 Sept. 13/2 The articulator of this allegation was Frank Moricha of Local 65 in the Chicago district. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Jan. d3 Podhorets,..a principal articulator for the Tory wing of the Democratic Party, stated the problem. 1987 Times 24 June 7/3 Activists in both the Protestant and Catholic Churches..act as articulators of the people's wishes in the absence of democracy. 2002 K. Chamberlain in R. Cohen & R. E. Zelnik Free Speech Movement 360 He was very able to communicate with others and..became the best-known articulator of the ideas of the German student movement. 2. A part of the body involved in the articulation of speech, esp. the tongue; (in later use) a movable vocal organ, as opposed to a fixed one. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > speech organs > types of speech organ > [noun] articulator1742 resonators1888 1742 tr. H. Boerhaave Acad. Lect. Theory Physic I. 132 The Tongue has so many Uses, that it is no easy matter to recount them all; it is the Organ of Taste, the Articulator of Speech, and a great Instrument in Deglutition. 1790 Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 2 8 The vocal powers of man being thus determined by nature, and defined in science, it is necessary, in order to complete the alphabet, to have the various articulators of the vocal sound examined. 1859 T. W. J. Connolly Romance of Ranks I. 17 Rodda did so in reality, thrusting out his articulator, and grasping it with his hand as if it were too unruly to be checked in any other way. 1873 J. G. Murphy Human Mind iii. iii. 260 The tongue, with the adjacent parts—the larynx, the palate, the teeth, the lips, and the nose—is the great articulator of the human voice. 1942 B. Bloch & G. L. Trager Outl. Ling. Anal. 13 The vocal organs are conveniently divided into two kinds: articulators, organs which can be moved more or less freely and can thus be made to assume a variety of positions; and points of articulation, fixed points or areas lying above the articulators, which these may touch or approach. 1946 Q. Jrnl. Speech 32 203/1 The second interpretation of ‘explosive’ pertains exclusively to plosions which characterize the syllabic thrust following closures of the glottis, or the articulators and glottis. 1994 S. Pinker Lang. Instinct vi. 171 First, one of the six speech organs is chosen as the major articulator: the larynx, soft palate, tongue body, tongue tip, tongue root, or lips. 3. Anatomy and Zoology. A person who assembles bones to form a complete skeleton. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > others bell-hanger1540 powder monkey1670 articulator1798 universalist1801 sander1854 gummer?1881 shaver1885 wire-cutter1888 knacker1890 radiologist1905 groundhog1926 dogman1948 1798 R. Saumarez New Syst. Physiol. II. xiv. 425 Longbottom, the articulator, had in his possession the skeleton of a man, who died after a long course of mercury. 1834 Times 28 Mar. 4/2 The prisoner Butler said that he was an articulator (maker of skeletons) to the medical school at Hull. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vii. 63 Articulator of human bones. 1883 Nature 5 Apr. (advt.) Articulator.—Wanted, a person skilled in the preparation and mounting of skeletons. 1955 Times 23 Mar. 10/5 In 1895 he became an articulator in the Department of Zoology at the British Museum (Natural History). 1994 G. Kavanagh Museums & First World War ii. 29 This collection was accompanied by the museum's mammal curator..and an articulator. 4. Dentistry. A device to which casts are attached to model or simulate the articulation of the teeth. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > denture > instruments used in making dentures articulator1851 flask1859 1851 Amer. Jrnl. Dental Sci. Jan. 181 Cut a V shaped groove down the back of the cast, and oil it well, so that the articulator will not stick to it; then mix some plaster and drop it into the impression... The articulator should be about half an inch thick. 1919 Times 3 Sept. 14/3 The use of the new articulator for verifying the bite.., and all of the minor processes, were seen in operation yesterday. 1999 Dental Pract. 15 Jan. 20/2 The use of diagnostic cast analysis on a semi-adjustable articulator and diagnostic crown wax-ups was advocated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1651 |
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