orifice

FREQ #33680

n. 孔口 [医] 口, 管口

发音

UK /ˈɒɹɪfɪs/
US /ˈɔɹəfɪs/

词形变化

orifices 复数 orifices

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.

    孔

    口

    洞

    开口

    the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound; he entered the cave's gaping orifice

  2. 2.

    One of the natural external openings of the human or animal body.

    the vagina and other orifices

  3. 3.

    A stupid or objectionable person.

    贬义 俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

opening porta

上位词 2

passage passageway

下位词 10

mouth vent anus os cervix blastopore cardia cervix uteri fenestra fontanel

相关短语

external urethral orifice

词源

From Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin ōrificium (“an opening, literally the making of a mouth”), compound of ōs (“mouth”) + faciō (“to make”).

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