1. 1唇音(雙唇音如 p/b/m;唇齒音如 f/v 有時另稱 labiodental)

    A labial is a speech sound you make with one or both lips. Say p, b, or m: both lips close — those are the clear classroom examples, often called . Say f or v: the top teeth touch the bottom lip. Those still use a lip, so many teachers still file them under labial; though actually, careful books give them their own name, labiodental, because the teeth are doing half the work. You will meet labial as a noun (“/p/ is a labial”) and as an adjective (“labial ”). In medical talk it can also mean “of the lips” more generally, but the sense you are learning here is the sound. It is a teacher's and linguist's word, not everyday chat. It has nothing to do with a laboratory, even though the first letters look the same.

組成From Medieval Latin labiālis (“of the lips”), from Latin labium (“a lip”) + -ālis (“-al”). By surface analysis, labi(um) + -al.

同家族的字

  • labiasame Latin labium, “lip”
  • bilabialbi- “two” + labial: a sound using both lips

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

labialadj/ˈleɪ.bi.əl/

  • 1

    anatomybiologymedicineOf or pertaining to the lips or labia.

    • The wound that does not kill Christ is the magical labial wound; it is the seal of the resurrection and an expression of the myth of eternal recurrence.
  • 2

    human-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsArticulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.

  • 3

    dentistrymedicinesciencesOn the side facing the lips. See mesial.

  • 4

    entertainmentlifestylemusicFurnished with lips.

    • a labial organ pipe

labialnoun/ˈleɪ.bi.əl/

  • 1

    human-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsA consonant articulated by the lips.

    • The motions of the Tongue, Lips, Throat, Palate, & c. which go to the making of the ſeveral Alphabetical Letters are worthy inquiry, and pertinent to the preſent Inquiſition of Sounds: But becauſe they are ſubtil and long to deſcribe, we will refer them over, and place them amongſt the Experiments of Speech. The Hebrews have been diligent in it, and have aſſigned which Letters are Labial, which Dental, which Guttural, & c
    • You have but the same four letters to describe the salute which you perform on your grandmother’s forehead, and that which you bestow on the sacred cheek of your mistress; but the same four letters, and not one of them a labial.
  • 2

    entertainmentlifestylemusicAn organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound.

    • All organ pipes are divided into two general classes, labial and lingual pipes. The main difference between the two classes is the manner by which the vibrations producing the sound are caused. In labial pipes the column of air entering the pipe under pressure is set in vibration by a fixed obstruction at the mount of the pipe. […] [T]he obstruction at the mouth […] causes the column of air to vibrate. In the lingual or reed pipe, the vibrations are caused by the air passing through a metal reed, which causes the tongue of the reed to vibrate, thereby setting up sympathetic vibrations in the column of air in the pipe.
  • 3

    biologynatural-scienceszoologyAny of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.

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