fricative
/ˈfrɪkətɪv/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfrɪkətɪv/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfri-kə-tiv/ (ame, mw)
fricative — 名詞
- fricativesingular
- fricativesplural
1. a type of consonant whose hissing or rubbing quality comes from squeezing breath
擦音；摩擦音
氣流摩擦窄縫產生的子音
a type of consonant whose hissing or rubbing quality comes from squeezing breath through a small gap somewhere in the mouth — the /f/ at the start of fish and the /s/ at the end of bus are both examples.
Hannah's phonetics professor explained that English has nine fricatives, including the /v/ in voice.
Hannah 的語音學教授解釋，英語共有九個擦音，包括 voice 開頭的 /v/。
countable noun with numeric quantifier
Children often confuse the two fricatives at the start of thin and sin.
孩子常會把 thin 和 sin 開頭的兩個擦音搞混。
plural use comparing sounds
Darius had trouble making the fricative /ʃ/ in English because his first language lacks that sound.
Darius 發英語裡的擦音 /ʃ/ 有困難，因為他的母語沒有這個音。
The speech therapist showed Tamar how to position her tongue to produce a clear fricative.
語言治療師示範給 Tamar 看舌頭該怎麼擺，才能發出清楚的擦音。
In quiet rooms, the fricative at the end of cats sounds nearly as loud as the vowel.
在安靜的房間裡，cats 結尾的擦音聽起來幾乎跟母音一樣大聲。
用法筆記
Almost exclusively used in linguistics and speech therapy. Subject of examples is usually a learner, teacher, or therapist; objects are usually specific sounds shown by IPA symbols (/f/, /s/, /ʃ/) or example words.