aspirate
n
(phonetics 语音) sound of `h' or of a consonant containing it 送气音; 吐气音
The word `hour' is pronounced without an initial aspirate. hour一字的开头字母h不发送气音.
aspirate v [Tn]
pronounce (sth) with an `h' sound 将(某字)发成送气音
The initial `h' in `hour' is not aspirated. hour一字中起首的h不发送气音.
🏥 医学释义
①抽吸 ②吸出物
🗣️ 情景例句
Then you close your eyes and say the magic words.
然后,闭上眼睛念魔语。
Little pitchers have great (or large) ears.
小孩子耳朵长。
Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with revulsion when we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch.