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- technical of or relating to the palate〈技〉（与）腭（有关）的：
a palatal lesion.
腭损伤。
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- Phonetics (of a speech sound) made by placing the blade of the tongue against or near the hard palate (e.g. y in yes)【语音】腭音的（如yes中的y）。
- Phonetics a palatal sound【语音】腭音。
派生词
palatally
adverb词源
early 18th cent.: from French， from Latin palatum （see PALATE ）.