voiceless

英 ['vɔɪsləs] 美 ['vɔɪsləs]

• adj. 无声的；[语]清音的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. produced without vibration of the vocal cords;

   "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
   

2. deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote;

   "labor was voiceless"
   "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"
   

3. uttered without voice;

   "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"
   "voiceless whispers"
   

4. being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The old castle was dark and voiceless.
   这座古堡是黑暗和寂静无声的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• mute 哑子
• disenfranchised 动词disenfranc...
• silent 安静的
• taciturn 沉默寡言的
• wordless 无言的
• uncommunicative 不爱说话的
• invisible 看不见的
• forgotten 动词forget的过去分...
• abandoned 被抛弃的
• disadvantaged 处于不利地位的...
• speechless 说不出话的
• dumb 哑的
• disfranchised 动词disfranchi...
• breathed 无声的
• unvoiced 未说出的
• surd 无理数的
• voteless 无投票权的
• aphonic [医]失音症的...
• hard 硬的