fontanelle

n. 囟门

词形变化

fontanelles 复数 fontanelles

别名

fontanel

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.

    囟门

    囟脑门儿

    医学
  2. 2.

    A structural component of some woodwind instruments, such as recorders and shawms, resembling a barrel with holes bored into it, designed to protect the keywork and to allow the sound to project.

    音乐

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

fontanel soft spot

上位词 3

opening porta orifice

整体词 3

cranium braincase brain-pan

词源

Borrowed from French fontanelle, from Old French fontenelle, a diminutive of fontaine (“a fountain, a spring”).

来源：wiktionary