| 词汇 | velum |
| 释义 | velum noun[ C ] anatomy, phonetics specializeduk /ˈviː.ləm/ us /ˈviː.ləm/ the soft area at the top in the mouth软腭 Synonym soft palatespecialized Compare hard palatespecialized See also palate The mouth & throat adenoid alveolar alveolar ridge buccal buccinator hard palate Jacobson's organ jawline labial labially labiodental mandible pharynx salivary gland sphenopalatine stomodeal stomodeum sublingual submandibular tonsil You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Linguistics: phonology & phonetics Examples of velumvelum Oral modification occurs continuously in speech and song by movement of the lips, jaw, tongue and velum to produce open, fricative and stopped sounds. The cross-sectional area of the tube is determined by the placement of the lips, jaw, tongue and velum. They argued that "velarized" is an inappropriate term, since a velarized sound should show significant raising of the tongue dorsum towards the velum. The reduced duration of stop closure might make velum lowering more liable to interfere with the production of a voiceless stop burst. There is a short ventral velum. Beddor et al. speculate that the directional asymmetry is tied to the greater magnitude and duration of velum lowering in syllable codas. Krakow (1989) found, similarly, that velum lowering is earlier relative to the oral closure gesture in word-final nasals than in word-initial nasals. A large number of signatures are appended to the petition, which is inscribed upon velum and edged in blue ribbon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Bands of cilia on the velum, a curtain-like fold of the mantle, waft particles towards the gills. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Snoring typically consists of vibration of the uvula and the soft palate (velum). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Causes of hypernasality include paralysis of the velum, a short velum, or a cleft palate which allows air to escape to the nasal cavity. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A soft but substantial membrane called the "velum" stretches in a curve around the middle of this platform, and helps seal the door. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When metamorphosis occurs, the velum is lost, and the newly metamorphosed juvenile adopts its slug-like adult form. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The velum is a single circular structure that projects from between the valves, in front of the small foot. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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