| 词汇 | sibilant |
| 释义 | sibilantWord family nounsibilancesibilationsibilatoradjectivesibilantsibilatoryadverbsibilantlyverbsibilate Linguistics sib·ilant1 /ˈsɪbələnt/ adjectiveadj formal SLmaking an ‘s’ or ‘sh’ sound 发出咝咝声的；发咝咝音的 a sibilant whisper 嘁嘁喳喳的耳语 Examples from the Corpus sibilant• Wakelate applied a sizzle stick to the sibilant huffing of the gas.• Suddenly Hugo heard a harsh sibilant inhalation of breath.• They spoke among themselves in whispers, which fell off into sibilant monosyllables, and then into nothing at all.• There would have been no sound down there but the sibilant trickle of water.• sibilant whispers Linguistics sibilant2 noun [countableC] technical SLa sibilant sound such as ‘s’ or ‘sh’ in English 咝音〔例如英语中的 s 或 sh〕 (1600-1700) Latin present participle of sibilare “to hiss, whistle” |
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