单词 | orifice |
释义 | orifice From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Biologyorificeor‧i‧fice /ˈɒrɪfɪs $ ˈɔː-, ˈɑː-/ noun [countable] formal1 HBone of the holes in your body, such as your mouth, nose etc various bodily orifices2 HOLEa hole or entranceExamples from the Corpusorifice• Flames were leaping from every orifice of the house.• Blood gushed from the open orifice.• Then the microbes continue to multiply in their stomachs long after the orifices have closed over.• I felt sure I could work it through the orifice without cutting the sphincter.Origin orifice (1500-1600) Old French Late Latin orificium, from Latin os “mouth” |
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