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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- velar
['vɪlɚ]
['vɪːlə]
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1.
adjective
[Anatomy]
膜的;帆的
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2.
adjective
[Phonetics]
软颚音的
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3.
noun
[Phonetics]
软颚音;后颚音;舌面后音
Collins English-English Dictionary
- velar
['viːlə]
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1.
adj
of, relating to, or attached to a velum
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velar tentacles
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2.
adj
[phonetics]
articulated with the soft palate and the back of the tongue, as in the sounds (k), (g), or ([ng])
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3.
adj
[Etymology]
C18: from Latin velaris, from velum veil
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