n.a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')

同義詞：affricateaffricate consonant

1. The word "church" begins with an affricative sound.
   “church”這個詞以一個塞擦音開頭。
2. Linguists study affricative sounds to understand how different languages utilize them.
   語言學家研究塞擦音以了解不同語言如何使用這些音。