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单词 voicelet
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voiceletn.

Brit. /ˈvɔɪslᵻt/, U.S. /ˈvɔɪslət/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: voice n., -let suffix.
Etymology: < voice n. + -let suffix.
A small, quiet, or light voice.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > power or range of voice > small or weak voice
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1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 56 209 The voicelets of the Dwarfs sounded only like a light whisper.
1884 Bismarck (Dakota Territory) Weekly Tribune 15 Feb. 4/5 She's my sweet Italian Baxter Alley Girl. The rippling of her voicelet as she calls ‘Bananas sweet’, Is harsher than a Harlem German band.
1917 H. Hawthorne Girls in Bookland xv. 275 The silver-sounding voicelet spoke, the clear and chiming voice they knew and loved so.
1976 H. Sebald Momism iv. 115 The teenage girl will learn to identify with many traits that are ‘known’ and favored as ‘feminine’—from a mellifluous voicelet to an ostentatious headache when her period is due.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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