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guttural

/guht-er-uhl/US // ˈgʌt ər əl //UK // (ˈɡʌtərəl) //

口齿不清,喉音,咕嘟声,咕哝声

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the throat.
    • : harsh; throaty.
    • : Phonetics. pertaining to or characterized by a sound articulated in the back of the mouth, as the non-English velar fricative sound [kh]. /x/.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a guttural sound.

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Examples

  • Those snorting and obnoxious guttural sounds continue to hound you all night long.

  • The acceleration literally took my breath away, and the guttural exhaust rumble—which was downright primal—turned more than a few heads.

  • The researchers noted that a relatively large body size may protect guttural toads against predators.

  • His voice would morph from a melodic baritone to a deep, guttural snarl, grinding notes to a pulp.

  • She even changed the way she spoke; as a little kid, she spoke like her parents, with guttural hets and ayins.

  • She lets out a deep, guttural laugh, the kind that sends her into a body-shaking cough away from the phone.

  • Queen Mary is given a heavy guttural German accent; it actually was barely perceptible (as recordings of her voice prove).

  • Sobs wracked my body, and I heard a guttural cry like a wild animal come from somewhere deep within me.

  • He went up a few steps, and looked over the upper deck; then he called out some guttural words.

  • "Young man," he addresses me in the artificial guttural voice he affects on solemn occasions.

  • “Let our white brother come close,” called a deep guttural voice.

  • Ah Sing entered behind them, pointed at Peter Gross, and issued a harsh, guttural command.

  • With an alphabet of thirty-nine letters, but it is harsh and guttural.