aspiration

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of). countable,uncountable
    — Riley has an aspiration to become a doctor.
  2. The action of aspirating. countable,uncountable
  3. A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants. countable,uncountable
    — In Cambodian, aspiration is phonemic, so /p/ and /pʰ/ are different phonemes.
  4. The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor. countable,uncountable
  5. The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin. French,countable,uncountable
  6. The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word. countable,uncountable

词形变化

aspirations plural aspirations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
aspirational preaspiration pre-aspiration

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English aspire
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English aspiration
From aspire + -ation.
词源 2
From aspirate + -ion or borrowed from Latin aspīrātiō.
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