| 单词 | affricate |
| 释义 | affricate[ noun af-ri-kit; verb af-ri-keyt ] / noun ˈæf rɪ kɪt; verb ˈæf rɪˌkeɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR affricate ON THESAURUS.COM nounAlso called affricative. a speech sound comprising occlusion, plosion, and frication, as either of the ch-sounds in church and the j-sound in joy. verb (used with object), af·fri·cat·ed, af·fri·cat·ing.to change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, especially by releasing (the stop) slowly. Origin of affricate1875–85; <Latin affricātus rubbed against (past participle of affricāre), equivalent to af-af- + fric- (see friction) + -ātus-ate1 Words nearby affricateaffranchise, affray, affrayer, affreight, affreightment, affricate, affrication, affricative, affright, affront, affrontive Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for affricate
British Dictionary definitions for affricateaffricate / (ˈæfrɪkɪt) / nouna composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point, such as the sound written ch, as in chair Word Origin for affricateC19: from Latin affricāre to rub against, from fricāre to rub; compare friction Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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