sibilant

Word family nounsibilancesibilationsibilatoradjectivesibilantsibilatoryadverbsibilantlyverbsibilate

Related topics: 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

词汇	sibilant
释义	sibilant Word family nounsibilancesibilationsibilatoradjectivesibilantsibilatoryadverbsibilantlyverbsibilate Related topics: 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 Related topics: 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〕 Origin sibilant1 (1600-1700) Latin present participle of sibilare “to hiss, whistle”
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