Palate

(noun.) the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.

整理:希欧多尔

• Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendoes. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I could have pledged him with all my soul, said Athelstane, for my tongue cleaves to my palate. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• If it be perceived by the eyes, it must be a colour; if by the ears, a sound; if by the palate, a taste; and so of the other senses. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• They arise from the palate, and are attached by flexible membrane to the sides of the mandible. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The palate is also covered with hard rounded knobs. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The very first scene in Coriolanus came with smart relish to his intellectual palate, and still as he read he warmed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• One is to utilize excitement, shock of pleasure, tickling the palate. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Imagine his amazement to find clinging to his fingers a substance most luscious to the taste, and most gratifying to the palate! 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

校对:佩德罗