postconsonantal
adjective phonetics specialized ( post-consonantal) uk/ˌpəʊst.kɒn.sənˈæn.təl/ us/ˌpoʊst.kɑːn.sənˈæn.təl/
辅音后的
A postconsonantal sound comes directly after a consonant (= a speech sound that is not a vowel).
Postconsonantal vowels were significantly shorter in these contexts. 辅音后元音在这些情况下明显要短些。
This substitution of the vowel is marked in final post-consonantal position. 这个元音的替代以处于末尾辅音后为特征。
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- The distinction becomes less clear in postconsonantal position.
- Postconsonantal vowel duration was expected to be a factor.
- This sound is always postvocalic, never postconsonantal.
- The nativized forms do not always reflect the post-consonantal or initial [j] found in the donor words.