Aspirate

['æspəreɪt] or ['æspərət]

解釋/意思:

(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'.

厄玛編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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

同義詞及近義詞：

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.

編輯:希娜

解釋/意思:

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.

哈里特編輯