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词汇 rasping
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Definition of rasping in English:

rasping

adjective ˈrɑːspɪŋˈraspɪŋˈræspɪŋ
  • Harsh-sounding and unpleasant; grating.

    his cracked, rasping voice narrates the story
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A hard rasping sound from around the corner caused him to drop into a tiger stance, arms hard and lithe.
    • Lou turns, sucking in throatfuls of rasping reality.
    • I just opened my mouth to try and speak and all that I could manage was a rasping croak.
    • Rich made a rasping sound in his throat vaguely like the creaking of bed springs, followed by a lewd slurping noise.
    • Jape Devon stepped out of his Warbird as the rasping engines shut down.
    Synonyms
    harsh, grating, jarring, raspy, discordant, dissonant, scratchy, creaky
    hoarse, rough, gravelly, croaky, croaking, gruff, husky, throaty, guttural
    rare stridulant

Derivatives

  • raspingly

  • adverb
    • It was there, in a restaurant just off the main high street, that I tasted my first Portuguese table wine: a sharp, slightly fizzy white wine that was raspingly dry.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some of the columnists' appointments seem to presage the adoption of a tone even more raspingly ideological.
      • Its extreme heat and raspingly dry climate has sent many an enterprising winemaker packing.
      • June sat on the ground, breathing in raspingly.

Definition of rasping in US English:

rasping

adjectiveˈræspɪŋˈraspiNG
  • Harsh-sounding and unpleasant; grating.

    his cracked, rasping voice narrates the story
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rich made a rasping sound in his throat vaguely like the creaking of bed springs, followed by a lewd slurping noise.
    • A hard rasping sound from around the corner caused him to drop into a tiger stance, arms hard and lithe.
    • Lou turns, sucking in throatfuls of rasping reality.
    • Jape Devon stepped out of his Warbird as the rasping engines shut down.
    • I just opened my mouth to try and speak and all that I could manage was a rasping croak.
    Synonyms
    harsh, grating, jarring, raspy, discordant, dissonant, scratchy, creaky
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