valve

valve
noun
  1. 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
  1. [in combination]a branchiopod has a two-valved outer covering.
    叶足动物有两片外壳。
valveless
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English (denoting a leaf of a folding or double door): from Latin valva
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