mandible
美音:
[´mændəbəl
]英音:
[´mændəbəl
]n.下颚,下颚骨
难易程度:
mandible为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:mandibular
mandible
/'mændɪbl; `mændəbl/
n (anatomy 解)
1 jaw, esp the lower jaw of mammals and fishes 颌; (尤指哺乳动物和鱼的)下颌. =>illus at skeleton 见skeleton插图.
2 upper or lower part of a bird's beak 鸟喙的上部或下部.
3 (in insects, etc) either half of the upper pair of jaws, used for biting and seizing (昆虫等的)大颚.
mandible
n[C]technical
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin;Origin: mandibula, from Latin mandere 'to chew']
the jaw bone of an animal or fish, especially the lower jaw
the outside part of a bird's beak
the part of an insect's mouth that it uses for eating