| 单词 | tooth |
| 释义 | Related topics: Animals, Hair & beauty, Humantooth /tuːθ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun (plural teeth /tiːθ/) [countable] 1 in mouth 在嘴里HBA one of the hard white objects in your mouth that you use to bite and eat food 牙，牙齿 Sugar is bad for your teeth. 糖对牙齿不好。 → baby tooth, → canine tooth at canine2(1), eye tooth(2), milk tooth, wisdom tooth, buck teeth, false teeth, gap-toothed2. on a tool etc 在工具等上面DCB one of the sharp or pointed parts that sticks out from the edge of a comb or saw 〔梳子、锯子等的〕齿3 POWER 效力have teeth SCLPOWERif a law or an organization has teeth, it has the power to force people to obey it 〔法律或组织〕具有效力，有力度 We need an Environment Agency that really has teeth. 我们需要一个强有力的环境保护机构。4 fight tooth and nail FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST somethingto try with a lot of effort or determination to do something 竭尽全力；坚决 We fought tooth and nail to get these plans accepted. 我们全力争取让这些计划被接受。5 get your teeth into something informalSTART DOING something to start to do something with a lot of energy and determination 全力以赴地开始处理某事；专注于做某事 I can’t wait to get my teeth into the new course. 我迫不及待地想开始新课程。6 in the teeth of something in spite of opposition or danger from something 不顾反对；不顾危险 Permission for the development was granted in the teeth of opposition from local shopkeepers. 这个开发项目在当地店主的一片反对声中获得了批准。7 set somebody’s teeth on edge FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCif a sound or taste sets your teeth on edge, it gives you an uncomfortable feeling in your mouth 〔声音、味道等〕使某人感到不舒服 a horrible scraping sound that set my teeth on edge 让我浑身难受的刺耳刮擦声 → armed to the teeth at armed(1), → cut your teeth on something at cut1(23), → by the skin of your teeth at skin1(9), → a kick in the teeth at kick2(5), → lie through your teeth at lie2(1), → have a sweet tooth at sweet1(7), → take the bit between your teeth at bit2(9) COLLOCATIONSverbsbrush your teeth (also clean your teeth British English) 刷牙I brush my teeth twice a day. 我一天刷两次牙。nfloss your teeth (=clean between your teeth using dental floss)My dentist said I should floss my teeth more.have a tooth out British English, have a tooth pulled American English (=have a tooth removed) 拔牙He’s gone to the dentist to have a tooth out. 他去牙医那儿拔牙了。lose a tooth (=no longer have it) 掉牙齿Many of the men had lost all their teeth by the age of 40. 其中许多男子40岁时牙齿就掉光了。nextract a tooth (=take it out)The dentist announced that she would have to extract two teeth.bare your teeth (=show them, especially in an angry or threatening way) 龇牙The dog bared its teeth and snarled. 那条狗龇着牙狂吠。grit/clench your teeth (=put them firmly together) 咬紧牙关nHe was gritting his teeth against the pain.grind your teeth (also gnash your teeth literary) (=move them against each other because you are angry) 咬牙切齿〔因愤怒〕nKate ground her teeth in helpless rage.sink your teeth into something (=put your teeth into someone’s flesh, into food etc) 咬某物nThe dog sank its teeth into the boy’s hand.somebody’s teeth chatter (=hit together quickly because someone is cold or afraid) 某人的牙齿打战nMy teeth began to chatter, and I regretted leaving my jacket behind.nbe cutting a tooth (=have one of your first teeth growing)Poor little Patrick was cutting another tooth and we had hardly had any sleep.adjectivessomebody’s front/back teeth 某人的前牙/后牙Some of his front teeth were missing. 他的前牙掉了几颗。white/yellow 白的/黄的His teeth were white and even. 他的牙齿洁白整齐。sharp 尖利的The fish has small but very sharp teeth. 这种鱼牙齿细小，但是非常尖利。good/perfect 好的/完美的nShe smiled, showing a mouthful of perfect teeth.bad/rotten 坏的/烂了的nShe felt ashamed of her bad teeth and rarely smiled.even (=all of the same height) 平整的His teeth were white and even. 他的牙齿洁白整齐。crooked 不整齐的nHe grinned at me, showing rotten, crooked teeth.loose 松的nI had a loose tooth.tooth + NOUNtooth decay 蛀牙Brushing regularly helps prevent tooth decay. 按时刷牙有助于防止蛀牙。COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘wash your teeth’. Say brush your teeth or clean your teeth. 不要说 ‘wash your teeth’。 而要说 brush your teeth 或 clean your teeth。Examples from the Corpustooth• With clenched teeth, keeping her head low and her eyes half-closed, she hugged the cliff-face and inched her way along.• Their immediate diagnosis was that the patient had swallowed her false teeth.• Even sociology, it turns out, can be red in tooth and claw.• The chimpanzee then pulls out the grass stem and picks off the termites with its teeth, smacking its lips with pleasure.• He retrieved his birds, the globe, the teeth, a few books.• We were both the sort of people who just can't let go once they have got their teeth into something.• Brush your teeth twice a day.• Brush your teeth, put on your jeans and go to the office.Origin tooth Old English tothtooth noun →COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChinese white hard objects in Corpus the of one |
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