guttural「喉間發出的；咽喉的；喉嚨的」

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July 22， 2021

guttural

喉間發出的；咽喉的；喉嚨的

adjective GUTT-uh-rul

Definition

1：articulated in the throat

喉嚨發出的

2：velar

軟顎音；舌根音

3：being or marked by utterance that is strange， unpleasant， or disagreeable

發出奇怪的，不愉快的聲音

Examples

We asked the bouncer for directions， but he only responded with an inarticulate guttural grunt。

我們向保鏢問路，但他只是不清楚地咕噥一聲。

“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

當你聽到紅腹啄木鳥奇怪的喉聲時，你會想，誰會對這種奇怪的聲音做出反應呢？”

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。”

雖然現在它被用來描述許多讓聽者覺得刺耳或令人不愉快的聲音或話語，但形容詞guttural 最初僅適用於喉嚨中產生的聲音和話語。 這反映在這個詞的拉丁詞根——guttur，意思是“throat「喉嚨」”。 儘管發音相似，guttural 與英語單詞 gutter 無關，後者（透過Anglo-French）來自拉丁語 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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