nasal
Word family nounNasalisnasalitynasalizationnasionverbnasalizeadverbnasallyadjectivenasal
na·sal1 /ˈneɪzəl/ adjectiveadj 2 CSOUNDa sound or voice that is nasal comes mainly through your nose 有鼻音的 He spoke in a high nasal voice. 他说话鼻音很重。
3. SL[only before noun] technical a nasal consonant or vowel such as /n/ or /m/ is one that is produced completely or partly through your nose 〔发音〕鼻音的 —nasally adverbadv
nasal2 noun [countableC] technical SLa particular speech sound such as /m/, /n/, or /ŋ/ that is made through your nose 鼻音 Origin nasal1 (1600-1700) Medieval Latin nasalis, from Latin nasus “nose”