| 单词 | vocal fold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvocal fold vocal fold n. (a) (also true vocal fold) = vocal cord n.; (b) (in full false vocal fold) a thick pink fold of mucous membrane attached to each side of the vestibule of the larynx, above the vocal cords. ΚΠ 1866 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. II. xx. 225 These structures, concomitant with the single glottis and pair of vocal folds in the lower or true larynx, relate to the faculty, so remarkable in these singular birds, of imitating human speech. 1960 Jrnl. Speech & Hearing Res. 3 159/1 An investigator observed the image of the subject's vocal folds in the laryngeal mirror. 2000 J. Sundberg in J. Potter Cambr. Compan. Singing xix. 233 A few millimetres above the vocal folds there is another pair of folds, also covered by mucous membrane. These are called the false vocal folds..or the ventricular folds. < as lemmas |
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