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单词 consonant
释义
consonant
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1n 2adj

A consonant is a speech sound that is not a vowel. It also refers to letters of the alphabet that represent those sounds: Z, B, T, G, and H are all consonants.
Consonants are all the non-vowel sounds, or their corresponding letters: A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y are not consonants. In hat, H and T are consonants. Consonant can also be an adjective that describes things that seem like they should go together, things that are "agreeable." You could say a nation's offer of aid is consonant with their treaties. When you hear consonant sounds in music, they are pleasing, the opposite of "dissonant" sounds which are harsh.
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consonant: consonance, consonantal, consonantly, consonants+/consonance: consonances
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I kept a list of my datelines and it is long, with many consonants in unusual places.
New York Times(Dec 27, 2016)
Consonant with this strategy, the increasing sophistication of robots and other advanced automation will compel business to substitute robots for human labor.
New York Times(Dec 08, 2016)
Vowels are important to speech, for example, but so are consonants.
New York Times(Dec 09, 2016)
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1n a speech sound that is not a vowel
Ant|Hypo|Hyper
vowel, vowel sound
a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
alveolar, alveolar consonant, dental, dental consonant
a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
obstruent
a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth
aspirate
a consonant pronounced with aspiration
labial, labial consonant
a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips
labiodental, labiodental consonant
a consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth
nasal, nasal consonant
a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed
lingual
a consonant that is produced with the tongue and other speech organs
liquid
a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
geminate
a doubled or long consonant
surd, voiceless consonant
a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords
velar, velar consonant
a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate
guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant
a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
bilabial
a consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/
labial stop
a stop consonant that is produced with the lips
continuant, continuant consonant
consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
affricate, affricate consonant, affricative
a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
phone, sound, speech sound
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
2n a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
Hyper
alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
2
1adj involving or characterized by harmony
Syn
harmonic, harmonical, harmonised, harmonized
harmonious
musically pleasing
2adj in keeping
Syn
accordant, agreeable, concordant, conformable
consistent
(sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable
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