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- Phonetics a consonant which is sounded with the vocal tract only partly closed, allowing the breath to pass through and the sound to be prolonged (as with f, l, m, n, r, s, v)【语音】擦音, 连续音, 持续音（如f, l, m, n, r, s, v）。
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- Philosophy & Psychology a thing that retains its identity even though its states and relations may change【哲, 心理】连续体, 继续体。
- of, relating to, or denoting a continuant（与）擦音（有关）的, （与）连续音（有关）的, （与）持续音（有关）的。
词源
early 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 （see continuous）. Current senses date from the 19th cent.