velum 的定义
plural ve·la [vee-luh], /ˈvi lə/, for 1, 2, ve·lum for 3.
- Biology. any of various veillike or curtainlike membranous partitions.
- Anatomy. the soft palate.See under palate.
- Meteorology. a thin cloud, large in horizontal area, that is draped over or penetrated by cumuliform clouds.
velum 近义词
covering
更多velum例句
- After a little while try to move the velum, closing and opening the nose passage, without uttering a sound and without breathing.
- Still watching your mouth, inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth; see how the velum moves as you do this.
- Also called velar (from velum, for which see § 8) and more usually, but less accurately, guttural.
- Bok also signifies acupictile, vel acupictum (velum, auloeum).
- Foot divided into two, posterior half bearing the operculum; a wide epipodial velum; shell turbinated.