glottal stop

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ˌglottal ˈstop noun [countable]  technicalSL a speech sound made by completely closing and then opening your glottis, which in some forms of spoken English may take the place of a /t/ between vowel sounds or may be used before a vowel sound 喉塞音，声门闭塞音

ˌglottal ˈstop nounChineseSyllable  

glottal stop
ˌglottal ˈstop noun [countable]
technical a speech sound made by completely closing and then opening your glottis, which in some forms of spoken English may take the place of a /t/ between vowel sounds or may be used before a vowel sound

glottal stopBrE /ˌɡlɒtl ˈstɒp/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɡlɑːtl ˈstɑːp/ 🔊 noun (phonetics 语音学) a speech sound made by closing and opening the glottis, which in English sometimes takes the place of a /t/ , for example in butter 喉塞音；声门闭塞音