spirant
/'spaiәrәnt/
📖 中文释义
- n. 擦音
🔗 释义中的汉语词
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- n a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
- s of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')