tooth
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tooth /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 Corpus
tooth• 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
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tooth S2 W2 /tuːθ/
noun (plural teeth /tiːθ/) [countable]
1. IN MOUTH one of the hard white objects in your mouth that you use to bite and eat food:
Sugar is bad for your teeth. ⇨ baby tooth, ⇨ canine tooth at canine2(1), ⇨ eye tooth(2), milk tooth, wisdom tooth, buck teeth, false teeth, gap-toothed
2. ON A TOOL ETC one of the sharp or pointed parts that sticks out from the edge of a comb or saw
3. POWER have teeth if a law or an organization has teeth, it has the power to force people to obey it:
We need an Environment Agency that really has teeth.
4. fight tooth and nail to try with a lot of effort or determination to do something:
We fought tooth and nail to get these plans accepted.
5. get your teeth into something informal to start to do something with a lot of energy and determination:
I can’t wait to get my teeth into the new course.
6. in the teeth of something in spite of opposition or danger from something:
Permission for the development was granted in the teeth of opposition from local shopkeepers.
7. set sb’s teeth on edge if a sound or taste sets your teeth on edge, it gives you an uncomfortable feeling in your mouth:
a horrible scraping sound that set my teeth on edge
⇨ armed to the teeth at armed(1), ⇨ cut your teeth on something at cut1(23), ⇨ by the skin of your teeth at skin1(9), ⇨ be 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)
■ verbs
▪brush your teeth (also clean your teeth British English) I brush my teeth twice a day.
▪floss 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) He's gone to the dentist to have a tooth out.
▪lose a tooth (=no longer have it) Many of the men had lost all their teeth by the age of 40.
▪extract 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) The dog bared its teeth and snarled.
▪grit/clench your teeth (=put them firmly together) He was gritting his teeth against the pain.
▪grind your teeth (also gnash your teeth literary) (=move them against each other because you are angry) Kate ground her teeth in helpless rage.
▪sink your teeth into something (=put your teeth into someone's flesh, into food etc) The dog sank its teeth into the boy's hand.
▪somebody's teeth chatter (=hit together quickly because someone is cold or afraid) My teeth began to chatter, and I regretted leaving my jacket behind.
▪be cutting a tooth (=have one of your first teeth growing) Poor little Patrick was cutting another tooth and we had hardly had any sleep.
■ adjectives
▪somebody's front/back teeth Some of his front teeth were missing.
▪white/yellow His teeth were white and even.
▪sharp The fish has small but very sharp teeth.
▪good/perfect She smiled, showing a mouthful of perfect teeth.
▪bad/rotten She felt ashamed of her bad teeth and rarely smiled.
▪even (=all of the same height ) His teeth were white and even.
▪crooked He grinned at me, showing rotten, crooked teeth.
▪loose I had a loose tooth.
■ tooth + noun
▪tooth decay Brushing regularly helps prevent tooth decay.
■ COMMON ERRORS
► Do not say 'wash your teeth'. Say brush your teeth or clean your teeth.
tooth S2 W2 /tuːθ/
noun (plural teeth /tiːθ/) [countable] Language: Old English
Origin: toth
Origin: toth
1. IN MOUTH one of the hard white objects in your mouth that you use to bite and eat food:
2. ON A TOOL ETC one of the sharp or pointed parts that sticks out from the edge of a comb or saw
3. POWER have teeth if a law or an organization has teeth, it has the power to force people to obey it:
4. fight tooth and nail to try with a lot of effort or determination to do something:
5. get your teeth into something informal to start to do something with a lot of energy and determination:
6. in the teeth of something in spite of opposition or danger from something:
7. set sb’s teeth on edge if a sound or taste sets your teeth on edge, it gives you an uncomfortable feeling in your mouth:
⇨ armed to the teeth at armed(1), ⇨ cut your teeth on something at cut1(23), ⇨ by the skin of your teeth at skin1(9), ⇨ be 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)
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A person may be described as having 描述一个人的长相可用 have 一词：
Eyes 眼睛
(bright) blue/green/(dark/light) brown/hazel eyes （明亮的）蓝／绿／（深／浅）棕色／浅绿褐色眼睛 deep-set/sunken/bulging/protruding eyes 凹陷的／凸出的眼睛 small/beady/sparkling/twinkling/ ( shiftyeyes 小的／小珠般圆亮的／亮晶晶的／闪闪发亮的／贼溜溜的眼睛 piercing/penetrating/steely eyes 敏锐的／锐利的眼睛；冷冰冰的眼神 bloodshot/watery/puffy eyes 布满血丝的／水汪汪的／肿胀的眼睛 bushy/thick/dark/raised/arched eyebrows 浓密的／扬起的／弓形的眉毛 long/dark/thick/curly/false eyelashes/lashes 长长的／浓密的／弯曲的／假的眼睫毛
Face 脸
a flat/bulbous/pointed/sharp/snub nose 塌／蒜头／尖头／尖／短平而上翘的鼻子 a straight/a hooked/a Roman/ ( an aquilinenose 挺直的鼻子；鹰钩鼻；高鼻梁；鹰钩鼻 full/thick/thin/pouty lips 丰满的／厚／薄／翘嘴唇 dry/chapped/cracked lips 干的／皲裂的／干裂的嘴唇 flushed/rosy/red/ruddy/pale cheeks 发红的／红润的／苍白的面颊 soft/chubby/sunken cheeks 柔嫩的／胖乎乎的／凹陷的面颊 white/perfect/crooked/protruding teeth 洁白的／完好无缺的／参差不齐的／凸出来的牙齿 a large/high/broad/wide/sloping forehead 大大的／高高的／宽大的／后倾的前额 a strong/weak/pointed/double chin 硬朗的／瘦削的／尖／双下巴 a long/full/bushy/wispy/goatee beard 长／大／浓密的／一小撮／山羊胡子 a long/thin/bushy/droopy/handlebar/pencil moustache/ ( especially
mustache 长长的／稀疏的／浓密的／耷拉着的／翘／细直的八字胡
Hair and skin 头发和皮肤
pale/fair/olive/dark/tanned skin 苍白的／白皙的／橄榄色的／黝黑的／晒黑的皮肤 dry/oily/smooth/rough/leathery/wrinkled skin 干性的／油性的／光滑的／粗糙的／有皱纹的皮肤 a dark/a pale/a light/a sallow/a ruddy/an olive/a swarthy/a clear complexion 黝黑的／苍白的／白皙的／蜡黄的／红润的／浅褐色的／黝黑的／无瑕的面容 deep/fine/little/facial wrinkles 深深的／细小的／小的／面部的皱纹 blonde/blond/fair/(light/dark) brown/(jet-)black/auburn/red/ ( ginger/greyBrE hair 金黄色的／浅色的／（浅／深）棕色的／乌黑的／红褐色的／红色的／姜黄色的／灰白色的头发 straight/curly/wavy/frizzy/spiky hair 直发；鬈发；波浪形的／鬈曲的／刺猬式的头发 thick/thin/fine/bushy/thinning hair 厚密的／稀疏的／纤细的／浓密的／逐渐稀少的头发 dyed/bleached/soft/silky/dry/greasy/shiny hair 染了色的／漂白了的／柔顺的／丝滑的／干性的／油性的／有光泽的头发 long/short/shoulder-length/cropped hair 长／短／齐肩／剪短了的头发 a bald/balding/shaved head 秃头；开始秃顶的头；剃光了的头 a receding hairline 后移的发际线 a bald patch/spot 秃了的一块 a side/centre/ ( center( BrE parting/ ( NAmE part 偏分；中分
Body 身体
a long/short/thick/slender/ ( scrawnyneck 长／短／粗／细／干瘦的脖子 broad/narrow/sloping/rounded/hunched shoulders 宽／窄／斜／圆／耸肩膀 a bare/broad/muscular/small/large chest 赤裸的／宽阔的／肌肉发达的胸膛；小胸；大胸 a flat/swollen/bulging stomach 扁平的／鼓胀的／鼓起的肚子 a small/tiny/narrow/slim/slender/28-inch waist 纤细的／28 英寸的腰 big/wide/narrow/slim hips 大的／宽的／窄小的／苗条的臀部 a straight/a bent/an arched/a broad/a hairy back 直的／弯曲的／弓着的／宽大的／多毛的背部 thin/slender/muscular arms 瘦削的／细长的／肌肉发达的臂膀 big/large/small/manicured/calloused/gloved hands 大的／小的／修剪整齐的／有老茧的／戴着手套的手 long/short/fat/slender/delicate/bony fingers 长的／短的／粗的／细长的／纤细的／瘦削的手指 long/muscular/hairy/shapely/ ( skinny/spindlyboth
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legs 长的／肌肉发达的／多毛的／有曲线美的／皮包骨的／干瘦的腿 muscular/chubby/ ( flabbythighs 肌肉发达的／胖乎乎的／肥胖的大腿 big/little/small/dainty/wide/narrow/bare feet 大的／小的／娇小可爱的／宽的／窄的／光着的脚 a good/a slim/a slender/an hourglass figure 好的／修长的／苗条的／沙漏形身材 be of slim/medium/average/large/athletic/stockybuild 有着苗条的／中等的／普通的／大块头的／健壮的／矮壮的身材
