| 释义 |
unˈvoice, v.
[un-2 4.]
trans. To deprive of voice; spec. in Phonetics, to utter with ‘breath’ in place of ‘voice’.
1637N. Whiting Albino & B. 402 As though an Incubus..Enclaspt their bosomes, and un-voyc'd their tongues. Ibid. 702. 1879 Sweet Coll. Papers (1913) 456 In Russian, as in French, a high final vowel is often unvoiced after a breath stop. 1888― Eng. Sounds 19 Liquids and nasals are not often unvoiced.
Hence unˈvoicing vbl. n.
1887Skeat Eng. Etym. Ser. i. 392 Unvoicing of voiced consonants. 1888Sweet Eng. Sounds 198 This unvoicing of weak stops. |