sibilant

adj.

（像）发咝咝声的；

n.

发咝音的语音或字母；

1. I heard the sibilant sound of whispering.
   我听到窃窃私语声。

Palatometric specification of stop, affricate, and sibilant sounds
[Pulmonary embolism and sibilant types of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease decompensations].
An investigation of the relation between sibilant production and somatosensory and auditory acuity
[s] and [sh] as a function of linguapalatal contact place and sibilant groove width.
Acoustic and perceptual analysis of the sibilant sound /s/ before and after orthognathic surgery * ** * ** *
Acoustic and articulatory measures of sibilant production with and without auditory feedback from a cochlear implant.
Effects of masking noise on vowel and sibilant contrasts in normal-hearing speakers and postlingually deafened cochlear implant users
Closest speaking space during the production of sibilant sounds and its value in establishing the vertical dimension of occlusion
Contrast and covert contrast: The phonetic development of voiceless sibilant fricatives in English and Japanese toddlers
Language specificity in the perception of voiceless sibilant fricatives in Japanese and English: Implications for cross-language dif...