| 单词 | continuant |
| 释义 | continuant (once / 492472 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY continuant: continuants USAGE EXAMPLESThe attacks are continuant with other recent strikes on predominantly Shiite areas of the Iraqi capital. US News(May 17, 2016) Continuants are more closely associated with smoother figures. Slate(Sep 21, 2014) The theory of continuants is due in the first place to Euler. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2010) 1adj of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') Syn fricative, sibilant, spirant, strident soft (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh') 2n consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper continuant consonant occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it fricative, fricative consonant, spirant a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract sibilant, sibilant consonanta consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh) obstruent a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth |
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