| 单词 | circumvallate | 
| 释义 | circumvallateadj.  Surrounded as with a rampart; spec. in Physiology applied to the large papillæ on the back of the tongue, each of which has a kind of entrenchment round it. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > 			[adjective]		 > outer covering > surrounded as by a rampart circumvallate1661 obvallate1846 1661    R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B5  				Their finns are foure, two in the prone part, two in the supine, & circumvallate round. 1849–52    Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV.  ii. 860/1  				The circumvallate papillæ..are restricted to a small space at the base of the tongue. 1881    St. G. Mivart Cat vi. 172  				The circumvallate papillæ, each of which consists of a flattened prominence..with a sort of trench round it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). circumvallatev. a.  transitive. To surround with a rampart or entrenchment. ΚΠ 1860    G. A. Sala Lady Chesterfield's Lett. iv. 59  				A fortress to be circumvallated. 1884    A. E. Hake Story Chinese Gordon vi. 128  				The walls were circumvallated by a ditch.  b.  transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > protect or surround with rampart			[verb (transitive)]		 rampire1550 berampier1582 rampart1585 mound1600 circumvall1623 circumvallate1823 1823    New Monthly Mag. 7 45  				The impenetrable barrier of..self-love that circumvallated his heart. 1829    C. Welch Wesl. Polity 243  				[Conference] thus circumvallated and inaccessible. 1868    R. Browning Ring & Bk. II.  iv. 35  				Circumvallated month by month. Derivatives  circumvallating adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > 			[adjective]		 > surrounding with rampart circumvallating1884 1884    C. Rogers Social Life Scotl. I. i. 27  				Five circumvallating walls were not uncommon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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