teeth

FREQ #1553

pl. 牙齿 [医] 牙

发音

UK /ˈtiːθ/
/ˈtiːf/
US /ˈtiθ/

词形变化

only 复数 teeths 三单 teeths teething 现在分词 teethed 过去式 teethed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    plural of tooth

  2. 2.

    Unpleasant oral sex

    俚语 不可数 粗俗

    She gives straight teeth.

  3. 3.

    The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.

    非正式 仅复数

    The international community's sanctions against the regime had some teeth to them this time around.

v.
  1. 1.

    Dated spelling of teethe (“to grow teeth”).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

dentition

上位词 1

set

部分词 1

tooth

整体词 2

mouth oral cavity

相关短语

get one's teeth into 死死咬住；认真对待，全神贯注于；紧紧抓住 grit one's teeth 咬牙 milk tooth 乳齿 teeth marks teeth mark teeth arm teeth arms tooth mark [机] 刀痕, 回转痕迹 make someone's teeth itch sink one's teeth into my back teeth are floating in the teeth of 对抗, 不顾 sink one's teeth in the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature 江山易改，本性难移

词源

From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominative plural of *h₃dónts.

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