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off-glide

/awf-glahyd, of-/US // ˈɔfˌglaɪd, ˈɒf- //

脱滑,滑行之外,滑行,脱离滑行

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Phonetics.

    • : a transitional sound produced as the vocal organs move from a previous speech sound to an inactive position or to the position of a following sound.Compare on-glide.
    • : the final, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the sound of the in boy.

Examples

  • Angelina Jolie was able to seemingly glide into the Vatican on Thursday to present her new film ‘Unbroken.’

  • Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

  • A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

  • The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

  • The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.

  • A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

  • Immediately the door was opened just enough to let the two men glide in; then it was shut with a bang and bolted.

  • Jean was to be an architect—God knows why—but Aristide settled it, definitely, off-hand.

  • In favorable parts of the trail he must do better than that, to off-set losses of time where the going was most difficult.

  • There was something about the man that Matt liked, in spite of the deceit he had practised at the start-off of their acquaintance.