单词 | palate |
释义 | palate[ pal-it ] / ˈpæl ɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR palate ON THESAURUS.COM nounAnatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate ) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate, orvelum ) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. the sense of taste: a dinner to delight the palate. intellectual or aesthetic taste; mental appreciation. Origin of palateFirst recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English palat, from Latin palātum “roof of the mouth” OTHER WORDS FROM palatepal·ate·less, adjectivepal·ate·like, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH palatepalate , palette, palletWords nearby palatepalatalize, palatalized, palatal papillomatosis, palatal process, palatal reflex, palate, palatial, Palatinate, palatine, palatine artery, palatine bone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for palateBritish Dictionary definitions for palatepalate / (ˈpælɪt) / nounthe roof of the mouth, separating the oral and nasal cavitiesSee hard palate, soft palate Related adjective: palatine the sense of tasteshe had no palate for the wine relish or enjoyment botany (in some two-lipped corollas) the projecting part of the lower lip that closes the opening of the corolla Word Origin for palateC14: from Latin palātum, perhaps of Etruscan origin undefined palateAvoid confusion with palette, pallet 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for palatepalate [ (pal-uht) ] The roof of the mouth. The palate separates the mouth from the nasal cavity. notes for palateIt is sometimes said that a person has a “cultivated palate” if he or she has a discerning taste for food. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Medical definitions for palatepalate [ păl′ĭt ] n.The bony and muscular partition between the oral and nasal cavities; the roof of the mouth. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for palatepalate [ păl′ĭt ] The roof of the mouth in vertebrate animals, separating the mouth from the passages of the nose.♦ The bony part of the palate is called the hard palate. ♦ A soft, flexible, rear portion of the palate, called the soft palate, is present in mammals only and serves to close off the mouth from the nose during swallowing. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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