| 释义 |
glottal, a.|ˈglɒtəl|
[f. glott-is + -al1.]
Pertaining to, or produced in, the glottis. glottal catch or glottal stop, a sound produced by the sudden opening or shutting of the glottis with an emission of breath or voice.
1846in Worcester (who cites Ch. Obs.). 1860Haldeman Anal. Orthogr. iv. 30 Neither Latin, Greek, nor English takes the Hebrew..Q, which represents a glottal K. Ibid. vii. 37 The larynx is reduced within to a narrow opening, extending back and front, named the glottal fissure. 1877Sweet Handbk. Phonetics ii. 6 The most familiar example of this ‘glottal catch’ is an ordinary cough. 1888― Hist. Eng. Sounds 1 The Glottal stop is produced by a sudden shutting or opening of the glottis, as in a cough. 1911W. H. Van der Smissen Harrap's Mod. German Gram. p. xiii, The utterance of every German initial vowel, unless wholly unstressed, begins with the ‘glottal stop’. 1964R. A. Hall Introd. Ling. i. viii. 42 A complete stoppage of the breath-stream by the vocal cords is called a glottal stop or glottal catch (such as we make between the two oh's of ‘Oh-oh!’ when said in surprise or reproof). |