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单词 tooth
释义
tooth
noun
uk
/tuːθ/us
/tuːθ/
pluralteethuk/tiːθ/us/tiːθ/

toothnoun(MOUTH)

A1[C]
one of the hard,whiteobjectsin themouththat are used forbitingandchewing(=crushingfood):
牙，牙齿
abroken/missingtooth破损／掉了的牙齿
front/back teeth前／后牙
falseteeth假牙
Brush/Cleanyourteeththoroughlymorningandnight.早晚要好好刷牙。
I had to have a toothout(USpulled)(=removed).我不得不拔了颗牙。
See also
eyetooth
picture of tooth
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More examples
  • Pollyfellandknockedachipout of herfronttooth.
  • "Look, I've got awobblytooth, " said my littledaughter,proudly.
  • Theseanimalshaverazor-sharpteeth.
  • She has asmallgapbetween herfrontteeth.
  • You should haveyourteethcheckedby adentistat leasttwiceayear.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The teeth
  • baby tooth
  • buck-toothed
  • canine
  • chopper
  • coronal
  • dentine
  • denture
  • enamel
  • eruption
  • eyetooth
  • false teeth
  • incisor
  • molar
  • pearly whites
  • periodontal
  • premolar
  • prognathism
  • pulp cavity
  • rictus
  • toothless
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toothnoun(POINT)

[Cusually plural]
any of therowofpointsthatstickout from theedgeof atoolorpieceofequipment, such as acomb,saw, orzip
（工具边缘、梳子、锯、拉链等的）齿状物，齿
See also
fine-tooth comb
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Tools
  • -pronged
  • adjustable spanner
  • adze
  • Allen key
  • auger
  • awl
  • gimlet
  • gouge
  • grapnel
  • grappling iron
  • grindstone
  • guillotine
  • pincer
  • plunger
  • prong
  • rasp
  • razor knife
  • reamer
  • sander
  • trowel
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toothnoun(POWER)

teeth[plural]
effectiveforceorpower:
实际力量，实权
Thiscommitteecan makerecommendationsbut it has norealteeth.这个委员会可以提出建议，但没有实权。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Power to control
  • ascendancy
  • authoritarianism
  • be abovesomeone'spay gradeidiom
  • big beast
  • buysomethingin
  • cradle
  • hegemonic
  • hegemonism
  • hegemony
  • implant
  • influence
  • ingrain
  • lever
  • leverage
  • power vacuum
  • predominance
  • puissance
  • pull
  • redetermination
  • sway
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Idioms

fight tooth and nail
getyourteeth intosomething
in the teeth ofsomething
setsomeone'steeth on edge
(Definition oftoothfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tooth| American Dictionary

tooth
noun[C]
us
/tuθ/
pluralteethus/tiθ/
any of the hard,whiteobjectsin themouththat are used forbitingandchewingfood
(Definition oftoothfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftooth

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If shocking pictures of smoke-filled lungs or rotting teeth show the harmful effects of smoking, go ahead and print them on packs.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
If it does not, its electors will kick it in the teeth.
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Expert dental opinion is that the benefit of fluoride to the teeth of children and adults is continuous.
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We need a trade and industrial policy with teeth.
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We also lose 600,000 working days a year just through bad teeth.
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She mumbled something, repeated it, and the warden gathered that she was looking for her teeth which she thought she had left under the pillow.
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The business of a dentist should be to preserve teeth, and not primarily to take them out and replace them with false ones.
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They may lead not only to loss of other teeth but also to serious disease of the gums.
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The 1989–90 survey of five-year-olds showed an average of 1.74 decayed, missing and filled teeth.
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Our amendments set out proposals to give teeth to the monitor.
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Does he understand that dental treatment delayed or avoided will cost more in the end and will damage the nation's teeth?
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We are conscious of the need to give the monitor teeth.
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Everything of a whale is used, down to its teeth.
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I must throw her words back in her teeth.
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Even today, in the teeth of a vicious recession, business starts continue to keep pace with business failures.
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Collocationswithtooth

tooth

These are words often used in combination withtooth.

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anterior tooth
All the anterior teeth had been lost or damaged in another sixteen pendants, while eight others showed no modification but were missing one or more anterior tooth categories.
From theCambridge English Corpus
blunt tooth
A strong blunt tooth is prominent on the columella just within the aperture and above the base of the shell.
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broken tooth
Going to the dentist should not be regarded as a break for the carer, even if abrokentoothis being attended to.
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