单词 | sibilate |
释义 | sibilate (once / 111503 pages) v WORD FAMILY sibilate: sibilated, sibilates, sibilating, sibilation+/sibilation: sibilations USAGE EXAMPLESSo how is it that some psychopaths sibilate their way through life as liver-chomping, chianti-swilling monsters, while others are high achievers? Salon(Oct 13, 2012) And when I walk amid the foliage of these autumn days, it begins to quarrel with an excitable sibilating duck: “It’s rabbit season!” New York Times(Oct 08, 2010) And there he sits, meditating over Carlyle’s crepitating fire and Rousseau’s writhing, sibilating flame. Rihani, Ameen Fares, The Book of Khalid(2010) 1v make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval Syn|Hyper hiss, siss, sizz emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) 2v utter a sibilant Hypo|Hyper assibilate insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound) emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) 3v express or utter with a hiss Syn|Hyper hiss, siss, sizz mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize express in speech 4v pronounce with an initial sibilant Hyper articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
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