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Word of the Day : July 22, 2021
guttural
喉间发出的;咽喉的;喉咙的
adjective GUTT-uh-rul
Definition
1:articulated in the throat
喉咙发出的
2:velar
软腭音;舌根音
3:being or marked by utterance that is strange, unpleasant, or disagreeable
发出奇怪的,不愉快的声音
Examples
We asked the bouncer for directions, but he only responded with an inarticulate guttural grunt.
我们向保镖问路,但他只是不清楚地咕哝一声。
“And when you hear the strange guttural call of the Red Bellied Woodpecker, you wonder, who would respond to that weird sound?” — Joseph Palmer, The Brooklyn (New York) Eagle, 14 June 2021
当你听到红腹啄木鸟奇怪的喉声时,你会想,谁会对这种奇怪的声音做出反应呢?”
Did You Know?
Though it is now used to describe many sounds or utterances which strike the listener as harsh or disagreeable, the adjective guttural was originally applied only to sounds and utterances produced in the throat. This is reflected in the word’s Latin root—guttur, meaning “throat.” Despite the similarity in sound, guttural is not related to the English word gutter, which comes (by way of Anglo-French) from Latin gutta, meaning “drop.”
虽然现在它被用来描述许多让听者觉得刺耳或令人不愉快的声音或话语,但形容词guttural 最初仅适用于喉咙中产生的声音和话语。 这反映在这个词的拉丁词根——guttur,意思是“throat「喉咙」”。 尽管发音相似,guttural 与英语单词 gutter 无关,后者(通过Anglo-French)来自拉丁语 gutta,意思是“drop「下降」”。
Test Your Vocabulary
Fill in the blanks to complete this adjective used in phonetics meaning “articulated with the tip of the tongue touching or near the ridge of bone behind the teeth in the upper jaw”: a _ _ e _ l _ _.
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