unvoiced
adjective
uk/ʌnˈvɔɪst/us/ʌnˈvɔɪst/notspokenorexpressed,althoughthoughtof orfelt:
未用言辞表达的,未说出的;无声的Hetakesalongtimetorealizethat his unvoicedfearsaregroundless.他花了很长时间才意识到,他从未说出来的恐惧是毫无根据的。
phoneticsspecialized
(of aspeechsound)producedwithout making thevocalcordsmove:
清音的,无声的Thevoicedplosives[b], [d], and [g] areproducedin the same way astheirunvoicedcounterparts[p], [t], and [k]; the onlydifferenceis thevoicing.浊塞音[ b ]、[ d ]和[ g ]的发音方式与清塞音[ p ]、[ t ]和[ k ]相同,唯一的区别是浊音。
Synonym
voiceless
Opposite
voiced
- Hisbodylanguagesuggesteda man ateasewith himself,althougha few unvoiceduncertaintiesseemedtohangin theair.
- This is astudyofpatients' unvoicedagendasingeneralpracticemedicalconsultations.
- Possessive s ispronounced/z/ after avowelorvoicedconsonant, /s/ after an unvoicedconsonant.
- This -s in "goes to" isfollowedby an unvoicedsound.
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- euphemism
- hedge
- hedging
- implicit
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscate
- obscure
- sanitize
- sidestep
- stray
- veil
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