单词 | utterance |
释义 | utterance (once / 404 pages) n An utterance is a bit of spoken language. It could be anything from "Ugh!" to a full sentence. To utter means "to say." So when you're saying something, you're making utterances. Saying "24" in math class is an utterance. A police officer yelling "Stop!" is an utterance. Saying "Good boy!" to your dog is an utterance. Even a long speech by the President is an utterance. If you can't hear it, it's not an utterance. WORD FAMILYutterance: utterances+/unutterable: unutterablest, unutterably/utter: utterable, utterance, uttered, utterer, utterest, uttering, utterly, uttermost, utterness, utters/utterable: unutterable, utterably/uttered: unuttered/utterer: utterers USAGE EXAMPLESPeople perceived the utterances of the right hemisphere as being external to them and attributed them to gods. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) He dismisses Rasputin’s crude endorsement of vigilantism against Jews — so they “won’t even dream about asking for equality” — as an isolated utterance. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Our utterances don’t travel around the world and back on a regular basis. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) n the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication Syn|Hypo|Hyper vocalization roll call calling out an official list of names call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yella loud utterance; often in protest or opposition cry, yella loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate) croak, croakinga harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) exclaiming, exclamationan abrupt excited utterance expletivea word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line groan, moanan utterance expressing pain or disapproval ahem, hemthe utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc. howl, howling, ululationa long loud emotional utterance laugh, laughterthe sound of laughing mumblea soft indistinct utterance pagingcalling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system) profanityvulgar or irreverent speech or action pronunciationthe manner in which someone utters a word exultation, jubilation, rejoicingthe utterance of sounds expressing great joy sigh, suspirationan utterance made by exhaling audibly snarla vicious angry growl speaking, speech productionthe utterance of intelligible speech speechsomething spoken splutter, sputteran utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage) rasp, raspinguttering in an irritated tone growlinga gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal) mail calla call of names of those receiving mail muster calla call of the names of personnel at a military assembly attendance checka call of students' names in a classroom speechthe exchange of spoken words bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowla very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) blue murderan extravagantly loud outcry catcalla cry expressing disapproval clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cryloud and persistent outcry from many people hallooa shout to attract attention hoota loud raucous cry (as of an owl) hosannaa cry of praise or adoration (to God) noisea loud outcry of protest or complaint scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shriek, shriekingsharp piercing cry whoopa loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement battle cry, rallying cry, war cry, war whoopa yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle shouting, yellinguttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement yodela songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto Bronx cheer, bird, boo, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snorta cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt blasphemyblasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred) dirty word, filth, obscenity, smut, vulgarisman offensive or indecent word or phrase curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing, swearwordprofane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger deuce, devil, dickensa word used in exclamations of confusion ejaculation, interjectionan abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion expostulationan exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof cachinnationloud convulsive laughter cacklea loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle chortle, chucklea soft partly suppressed laugh gigglea foolish or nervous laugh belly laugh, guffawa burst of deep loud hearty laughter ha-ha, haw-haw, hee-haw, horselaugha loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing snicker, snigger, snorta disrespectful laugh tittera nervous restrained laugh assibilation, sibilationpronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound susurration, voicelessness, whisper, whisperingspeaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords mispronunciationincorrect pronunciation homophonythe same pronunciation for words of different origins accent, speech patterndistinctive manner of oral expression articulationthe aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech complaint(formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow auditory communication communication that relies on hearing |
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