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- a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable辅音。与VOWEL相对。
1.1
- a letter representing such a sound辅音字母。
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- attrib. denoting or relating to such a sound or letter（与）辅音（字母）（有关）的：
a consonant phoneme.
辅音音素。
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- predic.
consonant with
in agreement or harmony with符合的, 一致的; 协调的： the findings are consonant with other research.
这些发现和其他研究相符。
2.1
- Music making a harmonious interval or chord【乐】协和音的; 和谐的：
the bass is consonant with all the upper notes.
低音音程和所有高音音符都是和谐的。
派生词
consonantal
adjectiveconsonantly
adverb词源
Middle English （in the sense 'letter representing a consonantal sound'）： via Old French from Latin consonare 'sound together', from con- 'with' + sonare 'to sound' （from sonus 'sound'）.