柯林斯詞典glottal stop 1. N a plosive speech sound produced as the sudden onset of a vowel in several languages, such as German, by first tightly closing the glottis and then allowing the air pressure to build up in the trachea before opening the glottis, causing the air to escape with force 喉塞音 返回 glottal stop劍橋詞典a speech sound produced by closing the vocal cords and then opening them quickly so that the air from the lungs is released with force 喉塞音，聲門閉塞音 返回 glottal stop