lisp
lisp — 動詞
1. to say the letters 's' and 'z' with a 'th' sound because of the way your tongue
咬舌發音
說話時s、z發成th音
to say the letters 's' and 'z' with a 'th' sound because of the way your tongue is positioned when you speak
Whenever Ryo said the word 'zebra,' he lisped and it came out like 'thebra.'
每當Ryo說「zebra」這個字時，就會咬舌發音，聽起來像「thebra」。
lisp + on specific words
The speech therapist praised Emre for practicing his 's' sounds without lisping.
語言治療師稱讚Emre練習發『s』音時沒有咬舌。
collocation: without lisping
During roll call, Imran lisped every time the teacher said a name with an 's.'
在早點名時，Imran每次聽到老師喊到有『s』的名字就會咬舌。
Leo could not stop lisping because his two front teeth had not grown back yet.
Leo沒辦法不咬舌說話，因為他的兩顆門牙還沒長回來。
Some young children lisp naturally and the habit disappears as they grow older.
有些年幼的孩子自然會咬舌，隨著年齡增長這個習慣就會消失。
- enunciate
to speak clearly and distinctly, the opposite of mispronouncing
文法句型
lisp + on [specific sound]
lisp + when [situation]
用法筆記
Frequently used in the continuous form (lisping) when describing a habitual speech pattern. Subject is usually a person, often a child or someone with a temporary dental condition.
常見錯誤
lisp — 名詞
1. a way of speaking where the sounds 's' and 'z' come out as 'th', often caused by
大舌頭
發音時s、z不正常的狀況
a way of speaking where the sounds 's' and 'z' come out as 'th', often caused by the tongue pushing against the front teeth
Growing up with a lisp, Talia learned to choose her words carefully in class.
從小就有大舌頭，Talia學會在課堂上小心選擇要說的話。
collocation: grow up with a lisp
Paul's school nurse said a lisp often fades as children grow older.
Paul的校護說大舌頭通常會隨著孩子長大而減輕。
lisp + natural improvement
Élise's lisp was so slight that most people did not notice it during conversation.
Élise的大舌頭非常輕微，大部分的人在談話中根本沒注意到。
For many young children, a lisp disappears naturally once their adult teeth come through.
對許多幼兒來說，大舌頭在恆齒長出來之後就會自然消失。
A lisp can make a teenager shy during group discussions at school.
大舌頭可能讓青少年在學校分組討論時害羞。
- speech impediment
broader term that includes lisp, stutter, and other conditions
- articulation disorder
the clinical/medical term for difficulty producing certain speech sounds
- clear speech
speech without any pronunciation difficulties
文法句型
[have/speak with] + a lisp
lisp + [verb] (e.g. lisp disappears, lisp improves)
用法筆記
Often used with 'have' (have a lisp) or 'speak with' (speak with a lisp). In medical contexts the formal term is 'articulation disorder' or 'lisper.' Distinguish from noun sense 2 (programming language) by context — this sense is about speech, not computing.
常見錯誤
2. a programming language invented in the late 1950s that processes data as lists o
LISP語言
處理列表符號的程式語言
a programming language invented in the late 1950s that processes data as lists of symbols and is widely used in artificial intelligence research
Andrés taught his class that Lisp helped write some of the earliest AI programs.
Andrés在課堂上說，Lisp協助撰寫了最早的人工智慧程式。
Lisp + historical context (AI)
An engineer used Lisp to build a program that understood simple voice commands.
實驗室的一位工程師用Lisp寫了一個能夠理解簡單語音指令的程式。
Maeve's first programming project involved writing a small chess game in Lisp.
Maeve的第一個程式設計專案就是用Lisp寫一個簡單的西洋棋遊戲。
Learning Lisp helped Gita think differently about how data and functions relate to each other.
學習Lisp幫助Gita用不同的方式思考資料和函式的關係。
The research team chose Lisp for its flexibility with symbols in language experiments.
研究團隊選擇Lisp，因為它在語言實驗中處理符號很有彈性。
文法句型
[write/program/build] in Lisp
[language] + called Lisp
用法筆記
Always capitalized in writing. The name is short for 'LISt Processing.' Unlike the speech sense (noun 1), this is an uncountable proper noun and does not take 'a' or 'the' unless referring to a specific implementation (e.g., 'the Common Lisp language').