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Definition of labial in English: labialadjectiveˈleɪbɪəlˈleɪbiəl 1Anatomy Relating to the lips. 〔主剖〕(有关)唇的 - 1.1Dentistry (of the surface of a tooth) adjacent to the lips.
〔牙科〕(牙齿表面)紧邻嘴唇的 Example sentencesExamples - The crests of the ectoloph run to stylar cusps on the labial side of the tooth.
- The labial and lingual surfaces are either more or less smooth, or covered with fine anastomosing striae.
- The P4 has a small parastyle and the labial side of this tooth is longer than the lingual side.
- The lingual part of the transverse valley is slightly deeper than the labial part.
- Ankylosis is normally on the labial side of the tooth only, or on the labial side and at the bottom of the groove.
- Enamel is confined to the anterior and labial surface of the crown.
- 1.2Zoology Resembling or serving as a lip, liplike part, or labium.
〔动〕唇的;唇状的;用作唇的 Example sentencesExamples - Expression is seen, however, in the tips of the antennae, maxillary and labial palps, and legs.
- The organic particles are separated by size in sorting areas on the labial palps and are then directed into the mouth.
- The only external structures are the labial palps; in some groups, there are sensory tentacles and photoreceptors at the edge of the mantle.
- Moreover, the labial cusps of Desmatodon are not as strongly developed as those in Diadectes.
- The paracone is the largest labial cusp, up to twice the height of the parastyle; the cusps posterior to it decrease evenly in size.
2Phonetics (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m oo n中的oo) Example sentencesExamples - That seems to be a complete invention, as both the sound and the video seem to me to indicate that there is a final labial consonant.
nounˈleɪbɪəlˈleɪbiəl Phonetics A labial sound. 〔语音〕唇音 Example sentencesExamples - Thus, the broad versus slender contrast may, in the weak voiced labials, be labelled as ‘w versus v’, but in the strong voiced labials as ‘round b versus spread b’.
- I guess that the great typological difference in the use of labials can speak for the great genetic difference in AmerIndian languages.
- Chapter 4 describes cases where coronals undergo assimilation but dorsals and labials do not.
OriginLate 16th century: from medieval Latin labialis, from Latin labium 'lip'. Definition of labial in US English: labialadjectiveˈleɪbiəlˈlābēəl 1Anatomy Relating to the lips. 〔主剖〕(有关)唇的 - 1.1Dentistry (of the surface of a tooth) adjacent to the lips.
〔牙科〕(牙齿表面)紧邻嘴唇的 Example sentencesExamples - The crests of the ectoloph run to stylar cusps on the labial side of the tooth.
- Enamel is confined to the anterior and labial surface of the crown.
- Ankylosis is normally on the labial side of the tooth only, or on the labial side and at the bottom of the groove.
- The P4 has a small parastyle and the labial side of this tooth is longer than the lingual side.
- The labial and lingual surfaces are either more or less smooth, or covered with fine anastomosing striae.
- The lingual part of the transverse valley is slightly deeper than the labial part.
- 1.2Zoology Resembling or serving as a lip, liplike part, or labium.
〔动〕唇的;唇状的;用作唇的 Example sentencesExamples - The only external structures are the labial palps; in some groups, there are sensory tentacles and photoreceptors at the edge of the mantle.
- The paracone is the largest labial cusp, up to twice the height of the parastyle; the cusps posterior to it decrease evenly in size.
- Expression is seen, however, in the tips of the antennae, maxillary and labial palps, and legs.
- The organic particles are separated by size in sorting areas on the labial palps and are then directed into the mouth.
- Moreover, the labial cusps of Desmatodon are not as strongly developed as those in Diadectes.
2Phonetics (of a consonant) requiring complete or partial 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m oo n中的oo) Example sentencesExamples - That seems to be a complete invention, as both the sound and the video seem to me to indicate that there is a final labial consonant.
nounˈleɪbiəlˈlābēəl Phonetics A labial sound. 〔语音〕唇音 Example sentencesExamples - I guess that the great typological difference in the use of labials can speak for the great genetic difference in AmerIndian languages.
- Chapter 4 describes cases where coronals undergo assimilation but dorsals and labials do not.
- Thus, the broad versus slender contrast may, in the weak voiced labials, be labelled as ‘w versus v’, but in the strong voiced labials as ‘round b versus spread b’.
OriginLate 16th century: from medieval Latin labialis, from Latin labium ‘lip’. |