noun🔗Share近音, 接近音。 A consonant sound made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract, while still allowing a smooth flow of air. Liquids and glides are approximants."In phonetics class, we learned that the sounds /r/, /l/, /w/, and /j/ are classified as approximants because they involve a smooth, partially open vocal tract. "在语音学课上，我们学到 /r/, /l/, /w/ 和 /j/ 这些音被归类为近音/接近音，因为它们发音时声道是部分开放的，气流顺畅通过。languagephoneticslinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share近似值, 近似解 An approximation to the solution of a function, series, etc."After several iterations, the student found that the successive approximants got closer and closer to the true answer of the complicated math problem. "经过几次迭代计算，这位学生发现连续求出的近似解越来越接近这道复杂数学题的正确答案了。mathsciencetechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
