plosive

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. plo·sive [plosive plosives] BrE [ˈpləʊsɪv] NAmE [ˈploʊsɪv] noun (phonetics)
a speech sound made by stopping the flow of air coming out of the mouth and then suddenly releasing it, for example /[t] / and /[p] / in top

Word Origin:
late 19th cent.: shortening of ↑explosive.
 
▪ II. plo·sive adjective
Main entry: ↑plosive_derived

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  continuant consonant, continuant