"depressors" 怎么发音

word

US

di-PRESS-erz

UK

di-PRESS-uhz

释义

'Depressors' are things, often muscles or devices, that push something down or make it move lower. In medicine, it can also refer to substances or nerves that reduce activity.

IPA 音标

美式英语

dɪˈprɛsɚz

英式英语

dɪpɹˈɛsəz

简化发音

美式

di-PRESS-erz

英式

di-PRESS-uhz

语境中听

Doctors use depressors to examine a patient's throat.

Certain muscles act as depressors to lower your jaw.

Pharmacists study how different depressors affect the nervous system.

The dentist grabbed a couple of depressors before checking my mouth.