| 单词 | spirant |
| 释义 | spirant (once / 193760 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY spirant: spirants USAGE EXAMPLESG is the soft spirant, not used in English. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2010) When the lips are not tightly closed the sound produced is not a stop, but a spirant like the English w. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2010) Consonants are further subdivided into Mutes, Liquids, Nasals, and Spirants. Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), New Latin Grammar(2010) 1n a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract Syn|Hypo|Hyper fricative, fricative consonant sibilant, sibilant consonant a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh) continuant, continuant consonant consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract 2adj of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') Syn continuant, fricative, sibilant, strident soft (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh') |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。