"dentals" 怎么发音

word

DEN-tuhlz

释义

Sounds in speech that are produced with the tongue touching the teeth, like the English 'th' in 'think' or 'this'. In linguistics, 'dentals' refers to these specific types of speech sounds.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈdɛnəɫz/, /ˈdɛntəɫz

英式英语

dˈɛntəl

简化发音

美式

DEN-tuhlz

英式

DEN-tuhlz

语境中听

In English, 'th' in 'think' and 'this' are dentals.

Some languages have many dentals, while others have few.

Linguists study dentals to understand language differences.

Spanish doesn’t use as many dentals as English, which surprises some learners.