lisp
唇语,语气词,语无伦次,语气
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Definitions
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- : Phonetics. the systematic articulation of s and z in a forward, dental position, like th-sounds, as a manifestation of a speech disorder or a stylistic affectation.any unconventional articulation of the sibilants, as the pronunciation of s and z with the tongue between the teeth , close to or touching the upper front teeth , or raised so that the breath is emitted laterally .
- : the act, habit, or sound of lisping.
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- : to pronounce or speak with a lisp.
- : to speak imperfectly, especially in a childish manner.
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Examples
He speaks German with a slight lisp, his tongue spilling out of his mouth, so much does he have to tell.
His arms are covered in tattoos, and he speaks with a bit of a lisp—a remnant, he says, of his California upbringing.
Toddlerspeak: the lisp that launched a thousand Facebook updates.
Fortunately there are no brilliant sayings to record; he did not lisp in periods.
In fact, to people who lisp and pronounce their esses as though they were teeaitches, it's quite the same.
She watched the growth of her daughter, who was already beginning to lisp a few words which only a mother could understand.
And our thanks and tribute to the shade of "Mother Goose," beloved nurse of all who lisp the English tongue.
He was a fair-faced, blue-eyed young man, very shortsighted, with a faint lisp and an effeminate air.