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sibilant

adjective
🔊/ˈsɪbɪlənt/
🔊/ˈsɪbɪlənt/
(formal or literary)
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  1. making a ‘s’ or ‘sh’ sound发咝咝声的
    • the sibilant sound of whispering窃窃私语声
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin sibilant- ‘hissing’, from the verb sibilare.

sibilant

noun
🔊/ˈsɪbɪlənt/
🔊/ˈsɪbɪlənt/
 (phonetics语音学)
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  1. a sibilant sound made in speech, such as /s/ and /z/ in the English words sip and zip咝音；咝擦音Topics Languagec2
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin sibilant- ‘hissing’, from the verb sibilare.