英语词汇“palatableness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

palate /palˈit or -ət/

noun

The roof of the mouth, consisting of the hard palate in front and the soft palate behind

The prominent part of the lower lip that closes the tube of a personate corolla (botany)

Sense of taste

Relish

Mental liking

Ability to appreciate the finer qualities of wine, etc (also figurative)

transitive verb

Shakespeare

To taste, to relish

ORIGIN: L palātum

palatabilˈity noun

palˈatable adjective

Pleasant to the taste

Acceptable to the mind or feelings

palˈatableness noun

palˈatably adverb

palˈatal adjective

noun

A sound so produced

palatalizāˈtion or palatalisāˈtion noun

palˈatalize or palˈatalise transitive verb

To make palatal

palˈatine adjective

Relating to the palate

noun

A paired bone forming part of the roof of the mouth

palˈatō-alvēˈolar (or /-ōlˈ/) adjective (phonetics)

Produced by bringing the tongue to a position at or close to the hard palate and the roots of the upper teeth

cleft palate

A congenital defect of the palate, leaving a longitudinal fissure in the roof of the mouth