| 单词 | protrusion |
| 释义 | protrusion (once / 24220 pages) n Anything that sticks or juts out from a surface is a protrusion. When you're rock climbing, every protrusion is a possible handle to grab or step to stand on. In medicine, most protrusions are evidence of some disorder or illness, like a bulging protrusion in your belly. Most other protrusions, though, are perfectly normal: your nose is a protrusion in the middle of your face, and a spire can be described as a protrusion on the top of a church. The Latin source of protrusion is protrudere, "to push out." WORD FAMILYprotrusion: protrusions+/protrude: protruded, protrudes, protruding, protrusible, protrusion, protrusive/protrusive: protrusively USAGE EXAMPLESAlso, there were sharp metal protrusions that injured both my husband and me. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) To overcome this problem, the researchers developed a lightweight layer with nano-scale structure which resembles the villi - finger-like protrusions which line the small intestine. BBC(Oct 27, 2016) A laboratory report said scans of some faulty devices showed a protrusion in Note 7 batteries supplied by Samsung SDI Co. Wall Street Journal(Oct 23, 2016) 1n something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings Syn|Hypo|Hyper bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protuberance, swelling frontal eminence either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit occipital protuberanceprominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone bellya part that bulges deeply caputa headlike protuberance on an organ or structure mogula bump on a ski slope nub, nubblea small lump or protuberance snaga sharp protuberance wartany small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) projection any solid convex shape that juts out from something 2n the act of projecting out from something Syn|Hyper jut, jutting, projection change of shape an action that changes the shape of something |
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