plosive

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plo·sive /ˈpləʊsɪv $ ˈploʊ-/ noun [countable]  technicalSL a consonant sound that is made by completely stopping the flow of air out of your mouth and then suddenly letting it out, as when saying /b/ or /t/ 〔辅音〕爆破音，破裂音〔如/b/和/t/〕 —plosive adjective

Examples from the Corpus

plosive• A clearer case of neutralisation can be found in the case of plosives following s in syllable-initial position.• Notice that of the plosives and fricatives there is one voiceless set and one voiced set.Origin plosive (1800-1900) explosive

plo·sive nounChineseSyllable  

by sound consonant Corpus a made that is completely stopping

plosive
plo‧sive /ˈpləʊsɪv $ ˈploʊ-/ noun [countable]technical a consonant sound that is made by completely stopping the flow of air out of your mouth and then suddenly letting it out, as when saying /b/ or /t/
—plosive adjective

plo·siveBrE /ˈpləʊsɪv/ 🔊NAmE /ˈploʊsɪv/ 🔊 noun (phonetics 语音学) a speech sound made by stopping the flow of air coming out of the mouth and then suddenly releasing it, for example /t/ and /p/ in top 爆破音（如 top 中的 /t/ 和 /p/ ）▸ plo·sive adjective