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bulla

/bool-uh, buhl-uh/US // ˈbʊl ə, ˈbʌl ə //UK // (ˈbʊlə, ˈbʌlə) //

斗牛士,斗门,斗牛犬,斗鱼

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bul·lae [bool-ee, buhl-ee]. /ˈbʊl i, ˈbʌl i/.

    • : a seal attached to an official document, as a papal bull.
    • : an ancient Roman pendant, consisting of a rounded box containing an amulet.
    • : Pathology. a large vesicle.
    • : Zoology. a blisterlike or bubblelike prominence of a bone, as that of the tympanic bone in the skull of certain mammals.

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Examples

  • The store sold everyday goods and featured a large brick oven that was used to make its famous bulla cakes, flavorful flat pastries made with flour, ginger and molasses.

  • “I promised myself to change this cycle of life,” said Victor Bulla.

  • Its decoration consisted in part of a Swastika similar in form and style to the Etruscan gold “bulla,” fig. 188 in this paper.

  • In the latter there is a considerable bulging below the aperture of the ear called the bulla tympani, or bulb of the drum.

  • The great cavity is the bulla tympani or bulb of the ear; a m is the auditory meatus or external hole of the ear.

  • As a director of the Southwest Museum, Bulla performs another of his services to the community.

  • The external auditory aperture (fig. 75, 7) is a large opening with rough edges at the outer side of the tympanic bulla.