affricate
/noun af-ri-kit; verb af-ri-keyt/US // noun ˈæf rɪ kɪt; verb ˈæf rɪˌkeɪt //UK // (ˈæfrɪkɪt) //
亲和语,暧昧,暧昧语,暧昧的
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n.名词 noun
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- : Also called affricative. a speech sound comprising occlusion, plosion, and frication, as either of the ch-sounds in church and the j-sound in joy.
v.有主动词 verb
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af·fri·cat·ed, af·fri·cat·ing.
- : to change the pronunciation of to an affricate, especially by releasing slowly.
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Examples
The affricate in words like gaol is of French origin (gele), from a Late Lat.
Here, the j is to be pronounced as a double letter (technically an affricate) as in English.
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