sibilant
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sib·ilant1 /ˈsɪbələnt/ adjective formal SLmaking an ‘s’ or ‘sh’ sound 发出咝咝声的；发咝咝音的 a sibilant whisper 嘁嘁喳喳的耳语
Examples from the Corpus
sibilant• Wakelate applied a sizzle stick to the sibilant huffing of the gas.• Suddenly Hugo heard a harsh sibilant inhalation of breath.• They spoke among themselves in whispers, which fell off into sibilant monosyllables, and then into nothing at all.• There would have been no sound down there but the sibilant trickle of water.• sibilant whisperssibilant2 noun [countable] technical SLa sibilant sound such as ‘s’ or ‘sh’ in English 咝音〔例如英语中的 s 或 sh〕Origin sibilant1 (1600-1700) Latin present participle of sibilare “to hiss, whistle”sib·ilant1 adjectivesibilant2 nounChineseSyllable
or ‘s’ making sound an Corpus ‘sh’
sibilant
sib‧ilant1 /ˈsɪbələnt, ˈsɪbɪlənt/ 
adjective formal
a sibilant whisper
sibilant2 noun [countable] technical
a sibilant sound such as ‘s’ or ‘sh’ in English
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adjective formal Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: present participle of sibilare __to hiss, whistle__
making or being an ‘s’ or ‘sh’ sound:Language: Latin
Origin: present participle of sibilare __to hiss, whistle__
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noun [countable] technicala sibilant sound such as ‘s’ or ‘sh’ in English