| 单词 | hard palate |
| 释义 | > as lemmashard palate hard palate n. [after scientific Latin palatum durum (1765 in the source translated in quot. 1779, or earlier)] the anterior part of the palate, consisting of a bony plate covered on its lower surface by the mucous membrane of the mouth and on its upper surface by the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity; = bony palate n. at bony adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > [noun] > palate > hard palate bony palate1748 hard palate1779 1779 tr. A. von Haller First Lines Physiol. xi. 141 By the mouth, we mean that large and irregularly shaped cavity between the soft and hard palate [L. inter palatum molle & durum]. 1890 H. Sweet Primer of Phonetics 8 The roof of the mouth consists of two parts, the ‘soft’ and the ‘hard’ palate. 2006 F. Baker & J. Tamplin Music Therapy Methods v. 140 Linguapalatals—when the part of the tongue just back from its tip is pressed against the hard palate. < as lemmas |
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