单词 | palp |
释义 | palpn. 1. Zoology. An appendage in various invertebrate animals, usually paired and located near the mouth, and typically concerned with sensation or feeding; spec. (in arthropods) either of a pair of elongated segmented appendages projecting from one or more of the mouthparts (in insects, the labium and maxillae); (in bivalve molluscs) each of a pair of fleshy flaps on either side of the mouth which sort light, digestible food particles from heavier ones. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > antenna fore-yard1658 sailyard1658 pointers1664 antenna1668 palpus1803 palp1835 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > bivalves > parts of beard1649 hinge1704 cardo1725 palpus1803 disc1810 ligament1816 palp1835 tooth1847 hinge-tooth1851 beak1854 curtain1854 talon1854 resilium1895 hinge-ligament1909 1835 V. Audouin in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 202/2 Two maxillae.., each in the form of a more or less flattened and villous lobe, provided with a palp or jointed appendage..projecting more or less from the mouth. 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 876/2 Palpators, Palpatores..a family of Clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary feelers, or palps. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 109 The mandible has never even a rudiment of a palp. 1927 F. Balfour-Browne Insects iii. 78 Their function as sensory organs is taken over by the palps attached to the maxillæ, which are longer than in most other beetles. 1978 Sci. Amer. June 119/1 It has all six legs on the surface of the victim's skin, its hairy labella touching the skin and its maxillary palps raised. 1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) x. 429/2 Heavy particles are carried by groove cilia to the palp margins, where they are ejected into the mantle cavity. 2. The fleshy pad of a fingertip. rare.Perhaps (in quot. 1918) an extended use of sense 1, with possible play on pulp n. 2. ΚΠ 1918 J. Joyce Ulysses Telemachus in Little Rev. Mar. 6 He folded his razor neatly and with stroking palps of fingers felt the smooth skin. 1984 W. Boyd Stars & Bars i. i. 11 With the palp of a forefinger he squeezed moisture from his wiry blond eyebrows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). palpv.1 transitive. To touch, feel; to handle gently; to caress. Also figurative: †to cajole, flatter (obsolete). Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] repeOE warpa1225 treatc1384 feela1400 palp1534 palpabrize1593 fista1616 handa1616 thrumble1632 to set (one's) hand to1638 to feel of ——1678 digitize1689 the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch lightly thackc897 featherc1230 attouchc1480 palp1534 flatter1599 tat1607 touch1647 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (transitive)] flatter?c1225 flackera1250 slickc1250 blandishc1305 blandc1315 glozec1330 beflatter1340 curryc1394 elkena1400 glaverc1400 anointa1425 glotherc1480 losenge1480 painta1513 to hold in halsc1560 soothe1580 smooth1584 smooth1591 soothe1601 pepper1654 palp1657 smoothify1694 butter1700 asperse1702 palaver1713 blarney1834 sawder1834 soft-soap1835 to cock up1838 soft-solder1838 soother1842 behoney1845 soap1853 beslaver1861 beslobber1868 smarm1902 sugar1923 sweetmouth1948 smooth-talk1950 1534 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 218 That they may palpe and clayme, also handle as blynde men dothe in darknes. 1650 T. Vaughan Anthroposophia Theomagica To Rdr. sig. B3 Aquinas palps him gently, Scotus makes him winch. 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 187 He began to palpe him with soft words. 1793 E. Gibbon Let. 11 Nov. (1956) III. 359 I sent for Farquhar who is allowed to be a very skillfull Surgeon: after viewing and palping, he..desired to call in assistance. 1967 S. Beckett Stories & Texts for Nothing iii. 86 Palp your skull, seat of the understanding. 1993 I. Banks Complicity (BNC) 132 She's soaping my balls now, gently palping them, massaging them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). palpv.2 rare. intransitive. = palpitate v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of heart > have disorder of heart [verb (intransitive)] > palpitate palpitate1623 penk1890 palp1903 1903 ‘Marjoribanks’ Fluff-hunters 30 Georgie panted and palped, and the old man gurgled and gasped. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835v.11534v.21903 |
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