protuberance

n. 突起, 隆起物 [医] 隆凸

发音

UK /pɹəʊˈtjuːbəɹəns/
其它
US /pɹoʊˈtuːbəɹəns/

词形变化

protuberances 复数 protuberances

别名

protruberance

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

bump hump swelling bulge prominence jut protrusion excrescence extrusion gibbosity

上位词 3

condition status projection

下位词 8

belly snag wart mogul nub caput frontal eminence nubble

相关短语

mental protuberance internal occipital protuberance 枕内隆凸

词源

From French protubérance, from Latin prōtubērantia (“bulge; protuberance”), from prō + tūber (“swelling; protuberance”) + -antia (“-ance”).

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