单词 | palate |
释义 | Word Frequency palate(ˈpælɪt) noun ▶ USAGE Avoid confusion with palette, pallet1, pallet21. the roof of the mouth, separating the oral and nasal cavities hard palate, soft palate ▶ Related adjective: palatine2. the sense of taste she had no palate for the wine 3. relish or enjoyment 4. botany (in some two-lipped corollas) the projecting part of the lower lip that closes the opening of the corolla Word origin C14: from Latin palātum, perhaps of Etruscan origin |
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