spirant
/spahy-ruhnt/US // ˈspaɪ rənt //UK // (ˈspaɪrənt) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : fricative.
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : Also spi·ran·tal [spahy-ran-tl]. /spaɪˈræn tl/. fricative.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inspeech sound
Synonyms
affricate亲和语,暧昧,暧昧语,暧昧的click点击,单击,点击进入,点击这里consonant辅音,声母,子音,声调diphthong双元音,二重奏,双元音符,双元组fricative擦音,擦音符,擦音符语,辩音implosive内爆,内爆式,内爆型,内爆性liquid液态,液态的,液态物,液态物品phone电话,手机phonetic entity语音实体,语音体,声器官,语音识别实体phonetic unit语音单位,语音单元,音素单位,音标单位plosive塞音词,塞语,塞音sibilant咝咝声,咝音,咝声,咝咝作响sonant声波,声纳,铿锵,铿锵有力syllable音节,韵律,唵嘛呢叭咪吽,唵唵vocable词汇,语气词,词汇量,词语
Examples
When the lips are not tightly closed the sound produced is not a stop, but a spirant like the English w.
Spirant, spī′rant, n. a consonant which is fricative or continuable—opp.
Spirant, v like the ou in French oui, but later approximating to the w heard in some parts of Germany, Ed.
In twien b 210 from twiga the spirant has disappeared, as in monie b 168.
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