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- Phonetics (of a speech sound) sounded with a hissing effect, for example s, sh【语音】发嘶音的。
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- making or characterized by a hissing sound发嘶嘶声的：
his sibilant whisper.
他的嘶嘶耳语。
- Phonetics a sibilant speech sound【语音】嘶音。
派生词
sibilance
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin sibilant-'hissing'， from the verb sibilare.