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- chiefly Anatomy of or relating to the lips【主剖】(有关)唇的。
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- Dentistry (of the surface of a tooth) adjacent to the lips【牙科】(牙齿表面)紧邻嘴唇的。
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- Zoology of, resembling, or serving as a lip, lip-like part, or labium【动】唇的; 唇状的; 用作唇的。
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- Phonetics (of a consonant) requiring partial or complete closure of the lips (e.g. p, b, f, v, m, w), or (of a vowel) requiring rounded lips (e.g. oo in moon)【语音】(辅音发音时)嘴唇半闭合(或完全闭合)的, 唇音的(如p, b, f, v, m, w); (元音)圆唇的(如moon中的oo)。
- Phonetics a labial sound【语音】唇音。
派生词
labialize
(亦作-ise)verb (限义项2)labially
adverb词源
late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin labialis, from Latin labium 'lip'.