单词 | enunciate |
释义 | enunciate (once / 2463 pages) v Can't get your point across? Maybe you just need to speak more clearly or articulate your thoughts better — in short, enunciate. Good enunciation is similar to pronunciation, but describes more specifically how clearly someone expresses themselves. The word enunciate is related to the Latin words for both "announce" and "messenger." So most likely those ancient Romans who created the word wanted a messenger who could announce things without mumbling, grumbling, and rambling. WORD FAMILYenunciate: enunciated, enunciates, enunciating, enunciation+/enunciation: enunciations USAGE EXAMPLESSher’s inwardness is blocked by a wall of sublimely enunciated words. Los Angeles Times(Nov 30, 2016) The play also enunciates its points a little too baldly in places. Los Angeles Times(Nov 09, 2016) It opens with a gathering squall, a pummeling snare drum and these carefully enunciated lyrics: New York Times(Nov 04, 2016) 1v express or state clearly Syn|Hyper articulate, vocalise, vocalize say, state, tell express in words 2v speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way Syn|Hypo articulate, enounce, pronounce, say, sound out twang pronounce with a nasal twang devoiceutter with tense vocal chords raisepronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth liltarticulate in a very careful and rhythmic way palatalise, palatalizepronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate nasalise, nasalizepronounce with a lowered velum nasalise, nasalizespeak nasally or through the nose mispronounce, misspeakpronounce a word incorrectly aspiratepronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds sound, vocalise, vocalize, voiceutter with vibrating vocal chords retroflexarticulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate subvocalise, subvocalizearticulate without making audible sounds syllabise, syllabizeutter with distinct articulation of each syllable drawllengthen and slow down or draw out labialise, labialize, roundpronounce with rounded lips lispspeak with a lisp accent, accentuate, stressput stress on; utter with an accent vocalise, vocalize, vowelise, vowelizepronounce as a vowel clickproduce a click trillpronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r' sibilatepronounce with an initial sibilant flappronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds explodecause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/ rollpronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/ chirkmake a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird quaver, wavergive off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency |
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