spirant

['spairənt]

n. 摩擦音

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名词 spirant:

a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

同义词：fricative consonant, fricative

形容词 spirant:

of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

同义词：fricative, continuant, sibilant, strident

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