| 单词 | sound out |
| 释义 | sound out (once / 10535 pages) 1v 2v WORD FAMILY sound out: sounded out, sounding out, sounds out USAGE EXAMPLESSlowly other interested parties were sounded out about the new ultra group. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) All night, Costello was fooling around with the way he sang, messing with the timing, sometimes sounding out of step with the band, startling me. The New Yorker(Nov 30, 2016) He spoke so effortlessly, as if his mouth were a musical instrument that just let sound out when touched, when opened. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) 1 v speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way 2Can the child sound out this complicated word? Syn|Hypo articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say twang pronounce with a nasal twang devoiceutter with tense vocal chords raisepronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth liltarticulate in a very careful and rhythmic way palatalise, palatalizepronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate nasalise, nasalizepronounce with a lowered velum nasalise, nasalizespeak nasally or through the nose mispronounce, misspeakpronounce a word incorrectly aspiratepronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds sound, vocalise, vocalize, voiceutter with vibrating vocal chords retroflexarticulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate subvocalise, subvocalizearticulate without making audible sounds syllabise, syllabizeutter with distinct articulation of each syllable drawllengthen and slow down or draw out labialise, labialize, roundpronounce with rounded lips lispspeak with a lisp accent, accentuate, stressput stress on; utter with an accent vocalise, vocalize, vowelise, vowelizepronounce as a vowel clickproduce a click trillpronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r' sibilatepronounce with an initial sibilant flappronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds explodecause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/ rollpronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/ chirkmake a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird quaver, wavergive off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency v try to learn someone's opinions and intentions I have to sound out the new professor Syn|Hyper check out, feel out query, question pose a question |
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