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protrusion

/proh-troo-zhuhn, pruh-/US // proʊˈtru ʒən, prə- //UK // (prəˈtruːʒən) //

突起,棱角,凸出,凸起

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
    • : something that protrudes or projects.

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Examples

  • She’d come sideways off the wall and hit her head on a protrusion in the rock, which gouged a quarter-size hole into the left side of her forehead.

  • Cells that line the respiratory tract and their hairlike protrusions called cilia help clear airways of inhaled particles and pathogens.

  • He pulls aside another prisoner with a protrusion on his head, and implies the man was injured by the guards.

  • The mantle cavity is also closed with the exception of a small hole left for the protrusion of the small foot.

  • The hole in the shell serves for the protrusion of a pedicel or foot by means of which the animal is enabled to attach itself.

  • No doubt the protrusion of the cirri effectively aids the act of opening.

  • Perhaps I have blundered about Primula; but certainly not about mere protrusion of pollen-tubes.

  • The complication which makes the accident so unfortunate for the patient is the protrusion of the intestines.