con·tin·u·ant

adjective

/kənˈtɪnjuənt/

[only before noun] (phonetics)

connected with the type of consonant called a continuant延续音
- continuant consonants延续辅音
Topics Languagec2

noun

/kənˈtɪnjuənt/

(phonetics)

a consonant that is pronounced with the breath passing through the throat, so that the sound can be continued. /f/, /l/ and /m/ are examples of continuants.延续音Topics Languagec2
Word Originearly 17th cent. (as an adjective in the general sense ‘continuing’): from French, from continuer, reinforced by Latin continuant- ‘continuing’, from the verb continuare, from continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’ (from con- ‘together with’ + tenere ‘hold’). Current senses date from the 19th cent.

单词	continuant
释义	con·tin·u·ant adjective /kənˈtɪnjuənt/ /kənˈtɪnjuənt/ [only before noun] (phonetics) connected with the type of consonant called a continuant延续音 continuant consonants延续辅音 Topics Languagec2 con·tin·u·ant noun /kənˈtɪnjuənt/ /kənˈtɪnjuənt/ (phonetics) a consonant that is pronounced with the breath passing through the throat, so that the sound can be continued. /f/, /l/ and /m/ are examples of continuants.延续音Topics Languagec2 Word Originearly 17th cent. (as an adjective in the general sense ‘continuing’): from French, from continuer, reinforced by Latin continuant- ‘continuing’, from the verb continuare, from continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’ (from con- ‘together with’ + tenere ‘hold’). Current senses date from the 19th cent.
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