lisp

A speech defect characterized by the mispronunciation of sibilant consonants, such as pronouncing 's' as a voiceless 'th' and 'z' as a voiced 'th'.

• 🇨🇳一种言语缺陷，表现为发音时咬舌，把咝音（如 s、z）发成 th 音。

1. Speech defect B2 formal

   A speech impediment characterized by the mispronunciation of sibilant consonants, such as 's' and 'z', which are pronounced like 'th' sounds.

   • He has a slight lisp that makes his 's' sound like 'th'.
   • Speech therapy can help correct a lisp in children.
   • Her lisp was barely noticeable when she spoke slowly.

   🇨🇳口齿不清

• lisps plural form
• lisps' possessive plural form
• lisp's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of speaking with a speech impediment where 's' and 'z' sounds are pronounced like 'th'.

• 🇨🇳指因发音缺陷而把“s”和“z”音发成“th”音，说话口齿不清。也泛指口齿不清、咬字不准地说话。

1. Speak with a lisp B2 formal

   To pronounce the sounds 's' and 'z' like 'th' in 'thin' and 'the' respectively.

   • The child lisps when saying the word 'snake'.
   • He has always lisped slightly, but it's barely noticeable.
   • She lisped her way through the speech, but everyone understood.

   🇨🇳咬舌发音

• lisped past participle
• lisped past simple
• lisping present participle
• lisps third person singular