Palate

['pælət]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.

整理:希欧多尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The roof of the mouth.

(n.) Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste.

(n.) Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste.

(n.) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

(v. t.) To perceive by the taste.

整理:罗拉

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Roof of the mouth.

希尔达整理

解釋/意思:

n. the roof of the mouth consisting of two portions the hard palate in front and the soft palate behind: taste: relish: mental liking.—v.t. to taste.—adj. Pal′atable agreeable to the palate or taste: savoury.—n. Pal′atableness the quality of being agreeable to the taste.—adv. Pal′atably.—adj. Pal′atal pertaining to the palate: uttered by aid of the palate—also Pal′atine.—n. a letter pronounced chiefly by aid of the palate as k g e i.—v.t. Pal′atalise to make palatal.—adj. Palat′ic.—Cleft palate a congenital defect of the palate leaving a longitudinal fissure in the roof of the mouth.

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