connected with the nose 鼻的；与鼻子相关的 the nasal passages 鼻道 a nasal spray 鼻腔喷剂
(of somebody’s voice 嗓音 sounding as if it is produced partly through the nose 带鼻音的 a nasal accent/twang 鼻音
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phonetics 语音学 (of a speech sound 语音 produced by allowing air to flow through the nose but not the mouth. The nasal consonants in English are /m/, /n/ and /ŋ/, as in sum, sun and sung. 从鼻腔发出的；鼻音的
Word OriginMiddle English (in sense 2 of the noun): from medieval Latin nasalis, from Latin nasus ‘nose’.