| 单词 | orifice |
| 释义 | orifice (once / 3466 pages) n An orifice is an opening or a hole, most often in the body, such as your mouth or your nostril. We most often use orifice to describe a natural opening in our bodies, but it can an opening into any cavity, such as a hollowed out tree trunk, or the vent of a heating system. Other definitions of orifice include a type of nozzle used in plumbing applications and a plate used to measure the flow of liquid. WORD FAMILYorifice: orifices USAGE EXAMPLES“You guys are going to find this gel in every one of your orifices after you’re done!” instructor Daniel Ford Beavis shouts gleefully. Seattle Times(Oct 27, 2016) There are a great many men who don’t behave like Trump, who do treat women like human beings and not walking orifices. Time(Oct 08, 2016) You might think I’m some highfalutin media hotshot with connections exploding out of all of my orifices, but I’m not. The Guardian(Sep 30, 2016) n an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart Syn|Hypo|Hyper opening, porta vent external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate blastoporethe opening into the archenteron aortic orificethe orifice from the lower left chamber of the heart to the aorta stomaa mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ) porta hepatisopening for major blood vessels to enter and leave the liver spiraclea breathing orifice mouththe externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening osa mouth or mouthlike opening cervix, cervix uteri, uterine cervixnecklike opening to the uterus fenestraa small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear) cardiathe opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus introitusentrance or opening to a hollow organ or tube (especially the vaginal opening) external orifice, urethral orificethe orifice through which urine is discharged pylorusa small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum anusthe excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal fontanel, fontanelle, soft spotany membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus narisany of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx rimaa narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts cytostomemouth of a protozoan beak, bill, neb, nib, peckerhorny projecting mouth of a bird beakbeaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles) blowholethe spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull stigmaan external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oristhe opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge incompetent cervix(obstetrics) uterine cervix that becomes dilated before term and without labor often resulting in miscarriage or premature birth fenestra of the vestibule, fenestra ovalis, fenestra vestibuli, oval windowfenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it fenestra cochleae, fenestra of the cochlea, fenestra rotunda, round windowfenestra leading into the cochlea pudendal cleavage, pudendal cleft, pudendal slit, rima pudendi, rima vulvae, urogenital cleft, vulvar slitthe fissure between the labia majora asshole, bungholevulgar slang for anus imperforate anusa congenital defect of the anus; there is partial or complete obstruction of the anal opening anterior fontanellecorresponds to the bregma when bones have ossified sphenoid fontanel, sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel, sphenoidal fontanellethe irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified anterior naris, nostrileither one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose posterior nariseither one of the two posterior openings at the back of the nasal cavity leading to the nasopharynx glottis vera, rima glottidis, rima vocalis, true glottisthe space between the two true vocal folds false glottis, glottis spuria, rima respiratoria, rima vestibulithe opening between the false vocal folds passage, passageway a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass |
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