continuant
/kәn'tinjuәnt/
📖 中文释义
- a. 持续音的
- n. 持续音
🧩 词形变化
复数 continuants
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- n consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
- s of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')