underlipとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌlɪp/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈʌndɚˌlɪp/

名詞

underlip (plural underlips)

1. The lower lip.
   • 1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man‎:

     He bit his under-lip as though he were somewhat unwilling, but arose.

   • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 164:

     In fact, there was such an obvious inclination to wateriness about his eye, and instability about his underlip, that Cripps found it necessary to put the conversation on a less emotional basis.

   • 2014, Samuel R. Delany, Tales of Nevèrÿon, →ISBN:

     His eyes were closed, his mouth opened. His breathing, irregular for three, then four, then five breaths, returned to its normal, soundless rhythm. Stubbled overlip and wet underlip moved about some final, silent word: […]

等位語

• overlip