undervoice

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A low or quiet voice.
    — Her sensations were indefinable, and so were they a few minutes afterwards upon hearing Henry Crawford, who had a chair between herself and Tom, ask the latter in an under voice whether there were any plan for resuming the play after the present happy interruption […]
动词 v.
  1. To voice too weakly. transitive
    — Consequently, the danger for Dutch learners of English is undervoicing the English lenis fricatives rather than the reverse.
  2. To make a quieter or background sound beneath. transitive
    — Undervoicing the flame, there was the popping of hollow weed stalks, the tinkle of woody stems crisping and falling in coals.

词形变化

undervoices plural undervoices present,singular,third-person undervoicing participle,present undervoiced participle,past undervoiced past

词源

词源 1
From under- + voice.
词源 2
From under- + voice.
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