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lacuna

/luh-kyoo-nuh/US // ləˈkyu nə //UK // (ləˈkjuːnə) //

漏洞,漏洞百出,腔体,腔调

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural la·cu·nae [luh-kyoo-nee], /ləˈkyu ni/, la·cu·nas.

    • : a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
    • : Anatomy. one of the numerous minute cavities in the substance of bone, supposed to contain nucleate cells.
    • : Botany. an air space in the cellular tissue of plants.

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Examples

  • It doesn’t seriously examine the role of scholarship at the Met, and that is a telling lacuna.

  • The critique extends into nearly every little crevice and lacuna of our civic life.

  • Moreover, current discussion exhibits, if not a complete void, at least a decided lacuna as to propositions of this type.

  • Here the Elphinstone MS. recommences after a lacuna extending from ai.

  • On the eel-grass are to be found Lacuna vincta and the delicate iridescent little shells of Margarita helicina.

  • The same lacuna leaves it doubtful whether any collective title was prefixed to the διθύραμβοι.

  • The triangular projection in front of the median lacuna is the body or cushion of the frog.