strident
strident
adjective
stridency
noun
stridently
adverb
语源
adjective
- loud and harsh; grating
大声的，刺耳的
his voice had become increasingly sharp, almost strident.
他的声音越来越尖厉，几乎到了刺耳的程度。
■presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively and unpleasantly forceful way
（提出有争议观点时）过激的，过分强烈的
public pronouncements on the crisis became less strident.
公众对危机的看法不再那么激烈。
■(Phonetics). another term for sibilant
(语音)。 同 sibilant
stridency
noun
stridently
adverb
语源
- mid 17th cent.: from Latin strident- 'creaking', from the verb stridere
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