labium
演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 书面借自 ←拉丁语 labium “a lip”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *leb-
词源说明
Learned borrowing from Latin labium (“a lip”). Doublet of lip.
释义(英文)
名词 Noun
- (anatomy, usually in the plural) A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.
- (botany) The lip of a labiate corolla.
- (entomology) A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.
- (music) The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.