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sibilant

/sib-uh-luhnt/US // ˈsɪb ə lənt //UK // (ˈsɪbɪlənt) //

咝咝声,咝音,咝声,咝咝作响

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : hissing.
    • : Phonetics. characterized by a hissing sound; noting sounds like those spelled with s in this [this], /ðɪs/, rose [rohz], /roʊz/, pressure [presh-er], /ˈprɛʃ ər/, pleasure [plezh-er], /ˈplɛʒ ər/, and certain similar uses of ch, sh, z, zh, etc.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Phonetics. a sibilant consonant.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • But she only lifted a warning finger and made a sibilant sound with her lips, adjuring silence.

  • Exemplify the sibilant impurity with such syllables as pish, false, traitress, miscreant.

  • But out of the muck-heap I picked five pearls—four sibilant nouns and a name that I knew before.

  • Grace whispered, but the sibilant swish of sounds seemed more resonant than an outspoken address might have.

  • The tones were first high, then low, never guttural, and possessed a certain sibilant quality.