voiceless
英['vɒɪslɪs]
美['vɔɪsləs]
英英释意
- 1. of speech sounds
- 2. not using the voice;
- "unvoiced thoughts"
- "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
- 3. uttered without voice;
- "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"
- "voiceless whispers"
- 4. being voiceless through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech