a device for controlling the passage of fluid through a pipe or duct, especially an automatic device allowing movement in one direction only 阀,活门,气门 ■(Brit.). short for thermionic valve (英)。 thermionic valve的简称 ■(Music)a cylindrical mechanism in a brass instrument which, when depressed or turned, admits air into different sections of tubing and so extends the range of available notes (乐)(铜管乐器)阀键 ■(Anatomy & Zoology)a membranous fold in a hollow organ or tubular structure, such as a blood vessel or the digestive tract, which maintains the flow of the contents in one direction by closing in response to any pressure from reverse flow (剖,动)瓣膜,瓣 ■(Zoology)each of the halves of the hinged shell of a bivalve mollusc or brachiopod, or of the parts of the compound shell of a barnacle (动)壳板 ■(Botany)each of the halves or sections into which a dry fruit (especially a pod or capsule) dehisces (植)瓣,瓣膜
派生 valved adjective
[in combination]a branchiopod has a two-valved outer covering. 叶足动物有两片外壳。
valveless adjective 语源
late Middle English (denoting a leaf of a folding or double door): from Latin valva