hard palate
hard palate — 名詞
1. the hard, bone-covered section at the front of the upper surface inside your mou
硬顎
口腔頂部前端的骨質部分
the hard, bone-covered section at the front of the upper surface inside your mouth, located just behind your upper teeth
Sven touched his hard palate with his tongue and felt the smooth, firm surface.
Sven 用舌頭碰了碰自己的硬顎，感覺到光滑堅硬的表面。
possessive pronoun + hard palate
The dentist examined Folake's hard palate and said everything looked normal.
牙醫檢查了 Folake 的硬顎，說一切看起來很正常。
medical examination context
Dario burned his hard palate on a hot slice of pepperoni pizza.
Dario 吃了一片燙的義式臘腸披薩，結果燙傷了硬顎。
Babies use their hard palate to press milk from a bottle nipple while feeding.
嬰兒在吸奶瓶時會用硬顎壓住奶嘴來吸出奶水。
After surgery on her hard palate, Maeve could only drink cold liquids for several days.
Maeve 的硬顎手術後，有好幾天只能喝冰涼的流質食物。
- palate
shorter form that can refer to the entire roof of the mouth (both hard and soft parts)
- roof of the mouth
everyday term; less precise because it includes both hard and soft palate
- soft palate
the muscular, flexible back part of the roof of the mouth
文法句型
the + hard palate
possessive + hard palate
用法筆記
Often contrasted with soft palate, the softer fleshy part further back in the mouth. Dentists and doctors refer to this structure when checking oral health.