| 单词 | sibilant |
| 释义 | sibilant (once / 11376 pages) adjn Something that’s sibilant has a hissing sound, like when the librarian says, “Shhhhhhhh!” Sibilant entered English in the 17th century from the Latin word sibilant-, meaning “hissing.” When you listen to a foreign language that’s full of hissy “es” or “sh” or “zzz” sounds, those sounds are called sibilants. The sound is made by forcing air out toward your teeth. Try it: say “sash.” That’s a sibilant. As an adjective, use sibilant to describe something characterized by that hissing sound. Your sibilant whisper probably will be heard by the librarian. WORD FAMILYsibilant: sibilantly, sibilants USAGE EXAMPLESOthers have freaky frequency anomalies, either making vocals sound alien and sibilant or, more commonly, bloating out the bass for an artificially dramatic effect. The Verge(Aug 17, 2016) Extremely comfortable onstage, he delivers lectures in a singsong voice made sibilant by a slight lisp. The New Yorker(Jun 20, 2016) Usually that means it’s higher, maybe more melodious and often the sibilant "s" is more pronounced. Los Angeles Times(Jul 15, 2015) 1adj of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') Syn continuant, fricative, 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 a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh) Syn|Hyper sibilant consonant fricative, fricative consonant, spirant a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract |
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