单词 | mouth cavity |
释义 | > as lemmasmouth cavity mouth cavity n. ΚΠ 1868 N. Amer. Rev. July 351 It is..evident that the throat and mouth cavity, upward..from the vocal chords, form a kind of tube or pipe. 1877 H. Sweet Primer Phonetics §36. 13 Rounding,..a contraction of the mouth cavity by lateral compression of the cheek passage and narrowing of the lip aperture, whence the older name labialization. 1924 R. M. Ogden tr. K. Koffka Growth of Mind iii. 132 The most primitive phenomena are figural; as examples..the too cold or too warm milk in contrast with the temperature level of the mouth-cavity. 1991 A. Milne Fate of Dinosaurs (BNC) 114 John Ostrom points out that most dinosaur nasal passages bypassed the mouth cavity, so chewing could be done without breathing. < as lemmas |
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