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词汇 guttural
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Definition of guttural in English:

guttural

adjective ˈɡʌt(ə)r(ə)lˈɡədərəl
  • 1(of a speech sound) produced in the throat; harsh-sounding.

    (话音)从喉中发出的;粗嘎的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In its own harsh tones, almost guttural as if coming from a throat not designed with speech in mind, it spoke to him.
    • William leapt forward with a guttural growl, knocking one of the assassins back.
    • On the third, she pulled with all her might, small guttural noise escaping from her throat as she did.
    • It starts off with three or four high-pitched peeps in rather quick succession; then the bird launches into a raspy, guttural shriek; and then the bird whistles a few warbling notes as a coda.
    • He spoke in a deep guttural voice and somewhat under his breath.
    • The whatever-it-was uttered something in a harsh, guttural language.
    • He was only able to snap one photo when he heard a deep, guttural snort.
    • I no sooner cleared the tree line when I heard a deep guttural growl behind me.
    • It seemed the werewolf was on the verge of talking, but all that escaped its throat was a guttural growl.
    • And in 1995, the blind musician became the first American ever to compete in an unusual contest of multi-harmonic - and highly guttural - throat singing.
    • The voice was a low, guttural growl; the question was given as a command.
    • Deep guttural growls came from the alleyway, as well as fearful whimpering.
    • The auburn-haired boy warned with a guttural growl.
    • He let out a guttural growl and then a groan when his cell phone rang.
    • Harsh, guttural phrases echoed and rebounded around the hall as the two yelled furiously at one another, both at a far remove from the calm, efficient people they had met the previous day.
    • She saw Mac still sleeping soundly, making a barely audible guttural sound from his throat, she silently laughed at the thought that he has a slight snoring problem.
    • I choke on the laughter, and out of my throat comes a harsh, guttural wail of despair.
    • Abruptly, the creature's wild silvery eyes snapped open, and a guttural screech echoed from its throat, as it spread is massive feathered wings and stood.
    • He simply stood for half a second, a low, guttural cry escaping his burnt throat, before he ran.
    • Salman made a guttural noise, clearing his throat.
    Synonyms
    throaty, husky, gruff, gravelly, growly, growling, croaky, croaking, harsh, harsh-sounding, rough, rasping, raspy, grating, jarring
    deep, low, thick
    1. 1.1 (of a manner of speech) characterized by the use of guttural sounds.
      (说话方式)用喉音的,粗声粗气的
      his parents' guttural central European accent

      他父母带喉音的中欧口音。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • After months of therapy, she recovered physically and could make guttural sounds.
      • Though he couldn't understand the words, it sounded like more guttural then anything else he'd heard in his life.
      • One night someone came up to us talking in a guttural tone.
      • As they moved off, a group of shadows detached themselves from the darkness and followed them, speaking in the guttural speech of Orc.
      • It's full of phonemes, guttural exclamations and limpid hisses.
      • The low guttural syllables meant nothing to her, but the weary tone did.
      • He had had various tics; he would make certain faces and guttural sounds when he was thinking, and they made these faces and sounds, too.
      • As students, they are grim-faced and punctuate their training with odd, guttural sounds, and as instructors they tend to be intensely rank-conscious and overbearing.
      • From his appearance, you would expect a guttural tone, but his voice was deep and educated.
      • The incorporation of guttural sounds and shouts appeared as honest and spontaneous reactions to his movement.
      • I am struck by owner Eddy's softly spoken Swedish, in contrast to the usual more guttural pronunciation.
      • He started chanting the incantation of a dark spell, full of ugly guttural sounds.
      • It wasn't the piercing sound so popularly heard in Hollywood movies, but a loud guttural animal sound that froze the blood of everyone who heard it.
      • The creature was obviously female, with a harsh, guttural growl to her speech.
      • Sometimes it's just a grunt or two, a guttural sound akin to some sort of proto-speech.
      • ‘Roger that,’ Marshall said in his low, guttural throat mic tone.
      • This is the story of violence, betrayal, love, and survival told in a series of monosyllabic guttural sounds, set against the backdrop of volcanic eruptions and pterodactyls.
      • His speech has the guttural accent of his native Germany.
      • Alex let the words to the song flow out of his mouth, the guttural German sound the last thing the people in audience expected.
      • His skin was dark and rough looking, he didn't seem as if he fit into the English world though his voice consisted of the soft R's and guttural sounds I've heard all my life.
noun ˈɡʌt(ə)r(ə)lˈɡədərəl
  • A guttural consonant (e.g. k, g) or other speech sound.

    颚(辅)音(如 k,g)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An obvious reason for this is that English, with all its Celtic gutturals and hard consonants, packs more of a punch when strung together compared to the more languid, Latin-based French.
    • He held cloudy memories of a great city, tall houses rippling their reflections in rank canals; grubby gutturals and phlegmish dialects filled his head, and sometimes the clouds rolled away leaving a fine clear view.
    • They have just a few gutturals that they repeat and repeat.
    • I talked, while the light described its slow passage across the floor I talked, until my voice was hoarse and my throat felt raw from its fight with the Rris gutturals.
    • You may find yourself drawn to the wide and windswept gutturals of Russian, for example, or Polish.

Derivatives

  • gutturally

  • adverb
    • He's not so much making a statement as he is reacting gutturally to the ominous clamour surrounding him.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Women who are of high status talk with very high voices, and someone from the lower ranks talks kind of gutturally.
      • Before my companion could answer, Una burst into a frightening cry which seemed to emerge somewhere from deep inside her belly and struggled gutturally into the air.
      • Brae said something quickly and dynamically in French, and Gabe muttered gutturally back at him.
      • The letter h is a heavy, gutturally aspirated h.
      • They continually rammed each other and began to scream gutturally at the anticipation of devouring so much sin-soaked flesh.
      • In answer, the robed god tossed a card down, grunting out its name a little more gutturally than he had meant to, for one does not keep up the reputation being a guardian of humanity requires by grunting.
      • Sora growled gutturally as he moved up near Micah's throat.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French, or from medieval Latin gutturalis, from Latin guttur 'throat'.

Definition of guttural in US English:

guttural

adjectiveˈɡədərəlˈɡədərəl
  • 1(of a speech sound) produced in the throat; harsh-sounding.

    (话音)从喉中发出的;粗嘎的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He simply stood for half a second, a low, guttural cry escaping his burnt throat, before he ran.
    • The auburn-haired boy warned with a guttural growl.
    • William leapt forward with a guttural growl, knocking one of the assassins back.
    • Abruptly, the creature's wild silvery eyes snapped open, and a guttural screech echoed from its throat, as it spread is massive feathered wings and stood.
    • The whatever-it-was uttered something in a harsh, guttural language.
    • I no sooner cleared the tree line when I heard a deep guttural growl behind me.
    • And in 1995, the blind musician became the first American ever to compete in an unusual contest of multi-harmonic - and highly guttural - throat singing.
    • He spoke in a deep guttural voice and somewhat under his breath.
    • The voice was a low, guttural growl; the question was given as a command.
    • She saw Mac still sleeping soundly, making a barely audible guttural sound from his throat, she silently laughed at the thought that he has a slight snoring problem.
    • Harsh, guttural phrases echoed and rebounded around the hall as the two yelled furiously at one another, both at a far remove from the calm, efficient people they had met the previous day.
    • In its own harsh tones, almost guttural as if coming from a throat not designed with speech in mind, it spoke to him.
    • I choke on the laughter, and out of my throat comes a harsh, guttural wail of despair.
    • It starts off with three or four high-pitched peeps in rather quick succession; then the bird launches into a raspy, guttural shriek; and then the bird whistles a few warbling notes as a coda.
    • Salman made a guttural noise, clearing his throat.
    • On the third, she pulled with all her might, small guttural noise escaping from her throat as she did.
    • He was only able to snap one photo when he heard a deep, guttural snort.
    • He let out a guttural growl and then a groan when his cell phone rang.
    • It seemed the werewolf was on the verge of talking, but all that escaped its throat was a guttural growl.
    • Deep guttural growls came from the alleyway, as well as fearful whimpering.
    Synonyms
    throaty, husky, gruff, gravelly, growly, growling, croaky, croaking, harsh, harsh-sounding, rough, rasping, raspy, grating, jarring
    1. 1.1 (of a manner of speech) characterized by the use of guttural sounds.
      (说话方式)用喉音的,粗声粗气的
      his parents' guttural central European accent

      他父母带喉音的中欧口音。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The low guttural syllables meant nothing to her, but the weary tone did.
      • He started chanting the incantation of a dark spell, full of ugly guttural sounds.
      • His skin was dark and rough looking, he didn't seem as if he fit into the English world though his voice consisted of the soft R's and guttural sounds I've heard all my life.
      • Though he couldn't understand the words, it sounded like more guttural then anything else he'd heard in his life.
      • It's full of phonemes, guttural exclamations and limpid hisses.
      • One night someone came up to us talking in a guttural tone.
      • The incorporation of guttural sounds and shouts appeared as honest and spontaneous reactions to his movement.
      • His speech has the guttural accent of his native Germany.
      • Sometimes it's just a grunt or two, a guttural sound akin to some sort of proto-speech.
      • As they moved off, a group of shadows detached themselves from the darkness and followed them, speaking in the guttural speech of Orc.
      • He had had various tics; he would make certain faces and guttural sounds when he was thinking, and they made these faces and sounds, too.
      • ‘Roger that,’ Marshall said in his low, guttural throat mic tone.
      • I am struck by owner Eddy's softly spoken Swedish, in contrast to the usual more guttural pronunciation.
      • The creature was obviously female, with a harsh, guttural growl to her speech.
      • This is the story of violence, betrayal, love, and survival told in a series of monosyllabic guttural sounds, set against the backdrop of volcanic eruptions and pterodactyls.
      • After months of therapy, she recovered physically and could make guttural sounds.
      • As students, they are grim-faced and punctuate their training with odd, guttural sounds, and as instructors they tend to be intensely rank-conscious and overbearing.
      • Alex let the words to the song flow out of his mouth, the guttural German sound the last thing the people in audience expected.
      • It wasn't the piercing sound so popularly heard in Hollywood movies, but a loud guttural animal sound that froze the blood of everyone who heard it.
      • From his appearance, you would expect a guttural tone, but his voice was deep and educated.
nounˈɡədərəlˈɡədərəl
  • A guttural consonant (e.g. k, g) or other speech sound.

    颚(辅)音(如 k,g)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You may find yourself drawn to the wide and windswept gutturals of Russian, for example, or Polish.
    • He held cloudy memories of a great city, tall houses rippling their reflections in rank canals; grubby gutturals and phlegmish dialects filled his head, and sometimes the clouds rolled away leaving a fine clear view.
    • They have just a few gutturals that they repeat and repeat.
    • I talked, while the light described its slow passage across the floor I talked, until my voice was hoarse and my throat felt raw from its fight with the Rris gutturals.
    • An obvious reason for this is that English, with all its Celtic gutturals and hard consonants, packs more of a punch when strung together compared to the more languid, Latin-based French.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French, or from medieval Latin gutturalis, from Latin guttur ‘throat’.

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