A plosive is a consonant sound you make by stopping the air in your mouth completely, then letting it burst out. Say p or b: the lips close, the air piles up, then they pop open. T and d do the same with the tongue just behind the teeth; k and g do it at the back of the mouth.

A plosive is plosive指的是 a consonant sound一種輔音， you make by stopping the air in your mouth completely你把嘴裡的氣流完全堵住做出來的， then letting it burst out然後再讓它爆破出來。 Say p or b你說p或b的時候： the lips close嘴唇閉起來、 the air piles up氣流累積、 then they pop open然後嘴唇突然打開。 T and d do the samet和d的作法一樣 with the tongue just behind the teeth只是用舌頭抵在牙齒後面； k and g do it at the back of the mouthk和g則是在口腔後方做這個動作。

Teachers also call these stops, because the air really does stop. B, d, g use the voice; p, t, k do not.

Teachers also call these stops老師也把這些叫做stops， because the air really does stop因為氣流真的停住了。 B, d, g use the voiceb、d、g會用聲帶震動； p, t, k do notp、t、k則不會。

English also has a catch in the throat (the sound in some people’s “water”) that is a kind of plosive too — though actually many school lists only give six: p, b, t, d, k, g. This is a linguistics word; ordinary people just say “the p sound”.

English also has a catch in the throat英文裡還有一種喉頭的阻塞音 (the sound in some people's "water")（有些人說water時發出的那個音） that is a kind of plosive too它也算是一種plosive — though actually不過其實 many school lists only give six許多學校的清單只列出六個： p, b, t, d, k, gp、b、t、d、k、g。 This is a linguistics word這是個語言學術語； ordinary people just say一般人只會說 "the p sound".「p的那個音」。