Aspirate
['æspəreɪt] or ['æspərət]
解释:
(noun.) a consonant pronounced with aspiration.
(verb.) suck in (air).
(verb.) pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds.
(verb.) remove as if by suction; 'aspirate the wound'.
厄玛编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.
(n.) A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.
(n.) A mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
(n.) An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
(a.) Alt. of Aspirated
整理:拉尔夫
同义词及近义词:
a. Aspirated, toneless, unintonated, atonic, surd, pronounced with a simple breathing, not vocal, without vocality, without tone.
n. Rough breathing.
v. a. Pronounce with an aspirate or rough breathing.
编辑:希娜
解释:
v.t. to pronounce with a full breathing as the letter h in house.—n. a mark of aspiration the rough breathing in Greek (‛): an aspirated letter.—p.adj. As′perated made harsh.—ns. Aspirā′tion pronunciation of a letter with a full breathing: an aspirated sound (like Gr. ch th &c.): drawing air in; Aspirā′tor an apparatus for drawing air or other gases through bottles or other vessels: (med.) an instrument for removing fluids from the cavities of the body.—adj. Aspīr′atory relating to breathing.—To drop one's aspirates not to pronounce h a mark of imperfect education or humble social standing.
哈里特编辑
例句:
- In England, Angleterre, England, We Aspirate the “H,” and We Say “Horse. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- This second cousin was a Middlemarch mercer of polite manners and superfluous aspirates. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Allow me the H-onour,' said the gentleman with the whiskers, presenting his dexter hand, and aspirating the h. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
杰拉尔德编辑