单词 | palate |
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音标 | ['pælit] |
解释 | n.上腭;口味;爱好 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 上腭;口味(sense of taste);爱好(intellectual taste) 【例】 He has a good palate for wine. |
字源 | palate (n.) late 14c., "roof of the mouth," from Old French palat and directly from Latin palatum "roof of the mouth," perhaps of Etruscan origin [Klein]. Popularly considered the seat of taste, hence transferred meaning "sense of taste" (late 14c.), which also was in classical Latin. Related: Palatal; palatalize. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】plate 盘子,一盘子吃的→口味,吃的→上腭,爱好 |
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