consonant

英 ['k?ns(?)n?nt] 美['kɑns?n?nt]

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consonant 輔音

con-, 強調。-son, 聲音，詞源同sound. 即發出聲音的，后指語音學術術語輔音。

consonant: consonant: [14] Etymologically, consonant means ‘sounding together’. It comes via Old French consonant from Latin consonāns, the present participle of consonāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and sonāre ‘sound’. Its application to particular speech sounds, contrasted with ‘vowels’, comes from the notion that they were ‘pronounced together with’ vowels, rather than independently.
=> sonorous, sound
consonant (n.): early 14c., "sound other than a vowel," from Latin consonantem (nominative consonans), present participle of consonare "to sound together, sound aloud," from com- "with" (see com-) + sonare "to sound" (see sonata). Consonants were thought of as sounds that are only produced together with vowels.
consonant (adj.): early 15c., from Old French consonant (13c.), from Latin consonantem (nominative consonans), present participle of consonare (see consonant (n.)).

1. The quality of this suit isn't quite consonant with its price.: 這套衣服的質量和價錢不相稱.

3. These are common consonant clusters at the beginning of words.: 這些單詞的開頭有相同輔音組合.

4. I found their work very much consonant with this way of thinking.: 我發現他們的工作與這種思維方式非常一致。