| 单词 | guttural |
| 释义 | guttural (once / 3175 pages) adjn Guttural describes a hoarse sound made in the back of the throat. Your friend's voice might get low and guttural just before he bursts into tears. Growls and cries are often described as guttural. The Latin word guttur, "throat or gullet," is the root of guttural. That's why sounds that are deep and croaked as if they come from the back of your throat are guttural. In linguistics, speech sounds that start in the throat, like the consonants k and g, are called guttural consonants, and there are even guttural languages which contain many guttural sounds. WORD FAMILYguttural: gutturally, gutturals USAGE EXAMPLESIf I dress down or talk guttural, then I’m being black.” Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) From there, she grows wordless, guttural and shamanistic — grunting, hooting, chattering, wailing and screaming through a video that has her dancing in urban environs. New York Times(Nov 04, 2016) She accompanies herself on the guitar, smacking her hand down hard over the strings on the beat and releasing a kind of guttural, gasping shout. The New Yorker(Oct 15, 2016) 1adj relating to or articulated in the throat the glottal stop and uvular `r' and `ch' in German `Bach' are guttural sounds 2adj like the sounds of frogs and crows a guttural voice acres of guttural frogs Syn croaky cacophonic, cacophonous having an unpleasant sound 3n a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat Syn|Hyper guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant consonant a speech sound that is not a vowel |
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