mussitation

[医] 嗫语

发音

UK /mʌsɪˈteɪʃn̩/
US /ˌmʌsɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

词形变化

mussitations 复数 mussitations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Speech conducted in a hushed manner, akin to a murmur or a whisper.

    古体 可数 废旧 不可数
  2. 2.

    A comatose patient's action of forming words with their lips without producing sound.

    可数 不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

murmuring muttering murmur mutter murmuration

上位词 1

sound

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin mussitātiō (“soft noise made by dogs, or (Late Latin) people”) + English -ion (suffix denoting a condition or state). Mussitātiō is derived from mussitātus (“kept quiet; having been kept quiet; murmured, muttered; having been muttered”) (see further at mussitate) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs).

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