| 单词 |
nasality |
| 释义 |
nasality|neɪˈzælɪtɪ| [f. nasal a. + -ity: cf. F. nasalité (1767).] The quality of being nasal, spec. of utterance; an instance of this.
1776J. Collier Mus. Trav. 25 A Clerk of the parish, who..has the finest nasality, or nose-intonation, that ever was given to Psalm tune. a1794Sir W. Jones Orthogr. Asiat. Words Wks. 1807 III. 284 The Indian sound differs only in the greater nasality of the first letter. 1815Byron Let. to Moore 8 Mar., Why do you always twit me with his vile Ebrew nasalities? 1859Trollope West Indies xiii. (1860) 197 A nasal twang..quite distinct from the nasality of a Yankee. 1872O. W. Holmes Poet Breakf.-t. i. (1885) 18, I can reproduce phonetically its vibrating nasalities. |

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