亚洲网紅露点

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lacuna

[ luh-kyoo-nuh ]

noun

plural lacunae lacunas.
  1. a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
  2. Anatomy. one of the numerous minute cavities in the substance of bone, supposed to contain nucleate cells.
  3. Botany. an air space in the cellular tissue of plants.


lacuna

/ 藢l忙kj蕣藞n蓲s瑟t瑟; l蓹藞kju藧n蓹 /

noun

  1. a gap or space, esp in a book or manuscript
  2. biology a cavity or depression, such as any of the spaces in the matrix of bone
  3. another name for coffer
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • lacunosity, noun
  • 濒补藞肠耻苍辞蝉别, adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lacuna1

First recorded in 1655鈥65; from Latin 濒补肠奴苍补 鈥渄itch, pit, hole, gap, deficiency,鈥 akin to lacus 鈥渂asin, tub, vat, lake鈥; lake 1. lagoon
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lacuna1

C17: from Latin 濒补肠奴苍补 pool, cavity, from lacus lake
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This lacuna brings to mind the last words in my 2011 Death By China film uttered by former Congressman Dana Rohrabacher: 鈥淐hina has been treating us like fools. And that鈥檚 because we have been fools.鈥

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And it includes the cavities - called lacuna - that fill with the mother's blood to transfer nutrients to the baby.

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鈥淚slamic material has been something of a lacuna for them.鈥

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A single palm-size vertebra, its central lacuna heart-shaped, had us wondering about its origin story.

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Of course, we all have these lacunas in our reading histories.

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