单词 | affricate |
释义 | affricate n. /af"ri kit/; v. /af"ri kayt'/, n. , v. , affricated, affricating. Phonet. n. 1. Also called affricative. a speech sound comprising occlusion, plosion, and frication, as either of the ch-sounds in church and the j-sound in joy. v.t. 2. to change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, esp. by releasing (the stop) slowly. [1875-85; < L affricatus rubbed against (ptp. of affricare), equiv. to af- AF- + fric- (see FRICTION) + -atus -ATE1] |
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