consonant

B1

n. 辅音 a. 一致的, 调和的

发音

UK /ˈkɒn.sə.nənt/
US /ˈkɑn.sə.nənt/
US /ˈkɑns.nənt/
IN /ˈkɔnsɵnəɳʈ/
IN /kənˈsonəɳʈ/

词形变化

consonants 复数 consonants more consonant 比较级 most consonant 最高级

别名

C

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.

    子音

    辅音

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  2. 2.

    A letter representing the sound of a consonant.

    子音

adj.
  1. 1.

    Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.

    This essential right of the courts to be free of intimidation and coercion was held to be consonant with a recognition that freedom of the press must be allowed in the broadest scope compatible with the supremacy of order.

  2. 2.

    Having the same sound.

    1645-1650, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae consonant words and syllables

  3. 3.

    Harmonizing together; accordant.

    音乐

    consonant tones; consonant chords

  4. 4.

    Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.

词汇关系

名词

反义词 1

vowel

上位词 3

phone sound letter

下位词 10

liquid dental nasal guttural alveolar aspirate ejective geminate labial labiodental
形容词

同义词 6

agreeable harmonic concordant accordant conformable harmonical

近义相关 2

consistent harmonious

相关短语

consonant stem consonant gradation 辅音层次变化 consonant stems consonant gradations consonant cluster 复辅音 consonant clusters consonant rhyme [网络] 辅音韵 consonant rhymes consonant harmony consonant harmonies nasal consonant [电] 鼻发子音 linking consonant

词源

From Middle English consonant or consonaunt, from Old French consonant, from Latin cōnsonāns (“sounding with”), from the prefix con- (“with”) + the present participle sonāns (“sounding”), from sonāre (“to sound”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek σύμφωνον (súmphōnon).

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