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单词 palate
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Definition of palate in English:

palate

noun ˈpalətˈpælət
  • 1The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her palatines supply an additional row of teeth and the pterygoids almost complete the roof of the palate.
    • It causes cracks in the corners of the mouth and white patches on the tongue, palate, lips, and insides of the cheeks.
    • The palate is defined anatomically as the roof of the mouth.
    • A palate is in the roof of the mouth and gives a person the ability to distinguish and appreciate different tastes and flavours.
    • Some afferent fibres from the epiglottis, palate and pharynx also reach the brainstem via the vagus nerve.
    • At the minimum, one surgery is needed to repair the lip and a separate surgery is needed to repair the palate.
    • The poison can cause a fast heart or a paralyzed palate with fluids regurgitated through the nose.
    • Hearing may be affected because the muscles of the palate affect the ear, making the child more likely to develop ‘glue ear’.
    • In contrast, patients who had very large tonsils and a short palate experienced an 80% success rate with intervention.
    • Cleft lips and palates are classified as what is called a multifactorial condition.
    • After this, I brush the upper palate of my mouth, brush and scrape my tongue, and use my alcohol-free mouth-wash.
    • Cold material moving across your palate and the back of your throat is what brings on this type of headache.
    • This surgery involves drawing tissue from either side of the mouth to rebuild the palate and requires two or three nights in the hospital, the first night in the intensive care unit.
    • There are also numerous small teeth on the palate (vomers, palatines and pterygoids).
    • The aroma through the hind palate tingled the nose delightfully.
    • Children with cleft lips or palates are given the chance to have the deformity corrected.
    • Examples of multifactorial disorders include cleft lip and palate, neural tube defects and pyloric stenosis.
    • Lesions of the oral mucosa may be seen on the gingiva, buccal mucosa, palate, tongue, and lips.
    • Also common is torus palatinus, a slow growing, asymptomatic, benign bony lump in the midline of the palate.
    • Forty percent of head and neck cancers occur in the oral cavity, including the tongue, floor of the mouth, palate, lips and oropharynx.
    Synonyms
    roof of the mouth
    hard palate, soft palate
  • 2A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavours.

    a fine range of drink for sophisticated palates
    figurative the suggestions may not suit everyone's palate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Not all great books are able to speak to us before we have done the work to ready our intellect and literary palates for them, but many are.
    • In the past, children's palates were trained to appreciate different kinds of flavours in different societies through eating together with adults.
    • As I have started getting their palates used to more sophisticated choices than macaroni-n-cheese, they have started requesting recipes that are not your typical kid fare.
    • In popular parlance, at least, the image of the internet user shares much with the image of the nerd, suggesting a cerebral, solitary enthusiast with a sophisticated palate.
    • Understandably though, visitors, many of them wealthy statesiders with sophisticated palates, want a change and to eat out.
    • I think you're going to see that trend continue as people's palates become more sophisticated.
    • As it was a seafood evening, we paid particular attention to that side of the buffet, and there were again more than just a few choices, with many items presented in different ways, to suit all palates.
    • Nutrition for the family is the keyword rather than gourmet for a sophisticated palate.
    • It might be tatty and simply too disorderly for sophisticated European palates.
    • Parts of this spread cater to more sophisticated palates - those oysters on the half-shell, for instance, with a rice vinegar, cilantro, shallot, and jalapeño sauce.
    • For adventurous palates, international flavour comes with Norwegian salmon (cooked in the local style if you wish), oysters, octopus and clams.
    • The Spanish palate is different than the Mexican palate; though the two countries share the same tongue they have different tastes.
    • We whetted our palates with two flavoured varieties, a bison grass and a sweeter sorb apple.
    • One should surely understand that wines of this calibre are naturally for those who not only have a thick wallet but also possess an educated palate to appreciate them.
    • Methanol is great because it ups the alcohol content and also adds a subtle flavour detectable only by the distinguished palate.
    • This north Indian food festival has the essential ingredients to suit different palates.
    • Today, however, the British palate is more sophisticated, and pubs have risen to the challenge of satisfying it.
    • Somebody with immense talent and an excellent palate has put this drink together.
    • This is an ideal time to educate their palates to appreciate a wide variety of foods.
    • Foodies who long for something truly different to excite their palates have a treat in store with ‘The Flavours of India’ food festival on at Sonargaon, Taj Bengal on November 4.
    Synonyms
    sense of taste, taste, taste buds
    appetite, stomach
    1. 2.1 The flavour of wine or beer.
      a wine with a zingy, peachy palate
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Neat, it delivers a rounded middle palate, but the rubbery flavour is disgusting.
      • Other suitors for venison include English old ales, with their rich, round, malty palates; and American brown ales, weighing in with caramel and chocolate flavors.
      • Ruby-red in colour, this sloe gin is a real snuggle-up-on-the-sofa drink, delivering a moreish palate with flavours similar to black cherries.
      • This is a fresh unoaked style with plenty of weight on the palate, zingy acidity and flavours of apples and pears.
      • This wine has a palate of intense ripe fruit, grippy tannin and an epic, evolving and surprisingly savoury finish.
      • Steely, muscular and intense, this is a brooding wine with a palate of strawberries and a rich finish.
      • The palate is flavourless and once swallowed the wine kicks back with unbearable acidity.
      • The mid palate is light but the finish is warm and well balanced.
      • This is a lovely medium sweet wine with a luscious palate of lemon squash and lime with a crisp mineral finish.
      Synonyms
      flavour, taste, savour
      rare goût

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin palatum.

  • The word palate is from Latin palatum ‘roof of the mouth’. It came into English in this sense and rapidly developed the meaning ‘sense of taste’, but use of the word for wine tasting dates only from the 1970s.

Rhymes

ballot
 
 

Definition of palate in US English:

palate

nounˈpalətˈpælət
  • 1The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the nose and the mouth in vertebrates.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Lesions of the oral mucosa may be seen on the gingiva, buccal mucosa, palate, tongue, and lips.
    • The palate is defined anatomically as the roof of the mouth.
    • Forty percent of head and neck cancers occur in the oral cavity, including the tongue, floor of the mouth, palate, lips and oropharynx.
    • The aroma through the hind palate tingled the nose delightfully.
    • Hearing may be affected because the muscles of the palate affect the ear, making the child more likely to develop ‘glue ear’.
    • This surgery involves drawing tissue from either side of the mouth to rebuild the palate and requires two or three nights in the hospital, the first night in the intensive care unit.
    • Cleft lips and palates are classified as what is called a multifactorial condition.
    • The poison can cause a fast heart or a paralyzed palate with fluids regurgitated through the nose.
    • Cold material moving across your palate and the back of your throat is what brings on this type of headache.
    • Some afferent fibres from the epiglottis, palate and pharynx also reach the brainstem via the vagus nerve.
    • There are also numerous small teeth on the palate (vomers, palatines and pterygoids).
    • In contrast, patients who had very large tonsils and a short palate experienced an 80% success rate with intervention.
    • At the minimum, one surgery is needed to repair the lip and a separate surgery is needed to repair the palate.
    • Children with cleft lips or palates are given the chance to have the deformity corrected.
    • It causes cracks in the corners of the mouth and white patches on the tongue, palate, lips, and insides of the cheeks.
    • A palate is in the roof of the mouth and gives a person the ability to distinguish and appreciate different tastes and flavours.
    • Her palatines supply an additional row of teeth and the pterygoids almost complete the roof of the palate.
    • Examples of multifactorial disorders include cleft lip and palate, neural tube defects and pyloric stenosis.
    • Also common is torus palatinus, a slow growing, asymptomatic, benign bony lump in the midline of the palate.
    • After this, I brush the upper palate of my mouth, brush and scrape my tongue, and use my alcohol-free mouth-wash.
    Synonyms
    roof of the mouth
  • 2A person's appreciation of taste and flavor, especially when sophisticated and discriminating.

    a fine range of drink for sophisticated palates
    figurative the suggestions may not suit everyone's palate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Methanol is great because it ups the alcohol content and also adds a subtle flavour detectable only by the distinguished palate.
    • Today, however, the British palate is more sophisticated, and pubs have risen to the challenge of satisfying it.
    • I think you're going to see that trend continue as people's palates become more sophisticated.
    • This is an ideal time to educate their palates to appreciate a wide variety of foods.
    • As I have started getting their palates used to more sophisticated choices than macaroni-n-cheese, they have started requesting recipes that are not your typical kid fare.
    • One should surely understand that wines of this calibre are naturally for those who not only have a thick wallet but also possess an educated palate to appreciate them.
    • This north Indian food festival has the essential ingredients to suit different palates.
    • Somebody with immense talent and an excellent palate has put this drink together.
    • It might be tatty and simply too disorderly for sophisticated European palates.
    • In the past, children's palates were trained to appreciate different kinds of flavours in different societies through eating together with adults.
    • Nutrition for the family is the keyword rather than gourmet for a sophisticated palate.
    • As it was a seafood evening, we paid particular attention to that side of the buffet, and there were again more than just a few choices, with many items presented in different ways, to suit all palates.
    • The Spanish palate is different than the Mexican palate; though the two countries share the same tongue they have different tastes.
    • For adventurous palates, international flavour comes with Norwegian salmon (cooked in the local style if you wish), oysters, octopus and clams.
    • In popular parlance, at least, the image of the internet user shares much with the image of the nerd, suggesting a cerebral, solitary enthusiast with a sophisticated palate.
    • Parts of this spread cater to more sophisticated palates - those oysters on the half-shell, for instance, with a rice vinegar, cilantro, shallot, and jalapeño sauce.
    • We whetted our palates with two flavoured varieties, a bison grass and a sweeter sorb apple.
    • Understandably though, visitors, many of them wealthy statesiders with sophisticated palates, want a change and to eat out.
    • Foodies who long for something truly different to excite their palates have a treat in store with ‘The Flavours of India’ food festival on at Sonargaon, Taj Bengal on November 4.
    • Not all great books are able to speak to us before we have done the work to ready our intellect and literary palates for them, but many are.
    Synonyms
    sense of taste, taste, taste buds
    1. 2.1 Taste or flavor of wine or beer.
      a wine with a zingy, peachy palate
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This wine has a palate of intense ripe fruit, grippy tannin and an epic, evolving and surprisingly savoury finish.
      • Other suitors for venison include English old ales, with their rich, round, malty palates; and American brown ales, weighing in with caramel and chocolate flavors.
      • Neat, it delivers a rounded middle palate, but the rubbery flavour is disgusting.
      • This is a lovely medium sweet wine with a luscious palate of lemon squash and lime with a crisp mineral finish.
      • Steely, muscular and intense, this is a brooding wine with a palate of strawberries and a rich finish.
      • The mid palate is light but the finish is warm and well balanced.
      • This is a fresh unoaked style with plenty of weight on the palate, zingy acidity and flavours of apples and pears.
      • The palate is flavourless and once swallowed the wine kicks back with unbearable acidity.
      • Ruby-red in colour, this sloe gin is a real snuggle-up-on-the-sofa drink, delivering a moreish palate with flavours similar to black cherries.
      Synonyms
      flavour, taste, savour

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin palatum.

 
 
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