spirant
英 [ˈspaɪərənt] 美 [ˈspaɪrənt]

n.

摩擦音；

英英释义

spirant[ 'spaiərənt ]

• n.a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

  同义词：fricative consonantfricative

• adj.of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

  同义词：fricativecontinuantsibilantstrident

权威例句

Stop and spirant alternations: fortition and spirantization processes in Spanish phonology
The stop-spirant alternation in Spanish: Converging evidence for a fortition account
Spirant approximants in Galician
Spirant approximants in Galician
Physical Parameters Behind the Stop-Spirant Alternation in Spanish.
Stop/spirant alternations in Spanish: On the representation of contrast
Acquisition of the stop-spirant alternation in bilingual Mexican Spanish–English speaking children: Theoretical and clinical implic...
Experimental Study on the Mechanism of Spirant of Water-lubricated Rubber Stern-bearings
Effects of population size, mating system, and evolutionary origin on genetic diversity in Spiranthes sinensis and S. hongkongensis.
American Journal of Botany