亚洲网紅露点

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sibilant

[ sib-uh-luhnt ]

adjective

  1. Phonetics. characterized by a hissing sound; noting sounds like those spelled with s in this [th, is], rose [rohz], pressure [presh, -er], pleasure [plezh, -er], and certain similar uses of ch, sh, z, zh, etc.


noun

  1. Phonetics. a sibilant consonant.

sibilant

/ 藞蝉瑟产瑟濒蓹苍迟 /

adjective

  1. phonetics relating to or denoting the consonants (s, z, / /, / /), all pronounced with a characteristic hissing sound
  2. having a hissing sound

    the sibilant sound of wind among the leaves

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a sibilant consonant
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉颈产颈濒补苍肠别, noun
  • 藞蝉颈产颈濒补苍迟濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉颈产路颈路濒补苍肠别 [sib, -, uh, -l, uh, ns] 蝉颈产路颈路濒补苍路肠测 [sib, -, uh, -l, uh, n-see] noun
  • 蝉颈产路颈路濒补苍迟路濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍路蝉颈产路颈路濒补苍迟 adjective noun
  • non路蝉颈产路颈路濒补苍迟路濒测 adverb
  • 蝉耻产路蝉颈产顎僫路濒补苍迟 adjective noun
  • sub路蝉颈产路颈路濒补苍迟路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍路蝉颈产路颈路濒补苍迟 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sibilant1

First recorded before 1660鈥70; from Latin 蝉墨产颈濒补苍迟- (stem of 蝉墨产颈濒腻苍蝉 ), present participle of 蝉墨产颈濒腻谤别 鈥渢o hiss鈥), equivalent to 蝉墨产颈濒(耻蝉) 鈥渁 hissing, whistling鈥 (imitative of the sound) + -ant- adjective suffix; -ant
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sibilant1

C17: from Latin 蝉墨产颈濒腻谤别 to hiss, of imitative origin; compare Greek sizein to hiss
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When addressing Neo as 鈥淢ister Anderson鈥 with a decidedly sibilant ess as robotic as it is arrogant, Weaving makes his character鈥檚 disaffected voice unsettling precisely because of how familiar it sounds.

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In another passage, the players briefly whisper sibilants; a series of sliding glissandos in a double bass near the end, almost vocal, feels like a tiny, impeded aria.

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They called out to each other in a flowing, sibilant tongue.

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Even their language sets them apart from their neighbors: an invisible barrier of sibilants and elided vowels that always sounds like music to me.

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The sibilant sound of the rattlesnake's tail has long been a movie clich茅.

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