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sibilance

/sib-uh-luhns/US // ˈsɪb ə ləns //

咝咝声,咝音,咝声,咝咝声响

Related Words

catcall呼叫声,呼叫,呼叫声响起,呼叫声响hoot叫嚣,鸣叫,叫喊声,叫嚣着derision嘲笑,嘲笑声,嘲笑的话,嘲弄buzz嗡嗡声,嗡嗡作响,嗡嗡的声音,嗡嗡叫contempt蔑视,藐视,鄙视,藐视法庭boo咕咕,咕咕声sibilation分裂,咝咝声,咝咝作响,分娩

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hissing quality of sound, or the hissing sound itself:I stretched out comfortably in my sleeping bag, peering up at the stars and listening to the ocean's gentle sibilance.The older, poorer quality recordings had more than a hint of sibilance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhiss
Synonyms
catcall呼叫声,呼叫,呼叫声响起,呼叫声响hoot叫嚣,鸣叫,叫喊声,叫嚣着boo咕咕,咕咕声buzz嗡嗡声,嗡嗡作响,嗡嗡的声音,嗡嗡叫contempt蔑视,藐视,鄙视,藐视法庭derision嘲笑,嘲笑声,嘲笑的话,嘲弄sibilation分裂,咝咝声,咝咝作响,分娩bronx cheer布朗克斯欢呼,布朗克斯欢呼声,布朗克斯欢呼雀跃,布朗克斯欢呼吧

Examples

  • I suspect most amateur podcasters don’t even consider a wind screen, but after listening to a bit of level-spiking sibilance, you’ll understand exactly why this microphone add-on is so important.

  • The gentle sibilance of air drawn through the glowing nest of tobacco is the only sound.

  • "I am here as a witness," a thousand mocking voices seemed to hiss in echoed sibilance.

  • She laughed, a mirthless sibilance that was marvelously like a snake's hissing, her eyes hard and dry.

  • Distress signals hissed into the atmosphere in urgent sibilance, then faltered and died away.

  • Then the breaking of a twig and the sibilance of whispering voices—two of them—perhaps more.

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