dentist

英 ['dentɪst] 美['dɛntɪst]
  • n. 牙科医生
  • 牙医诊所

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复数: dentists;

中文词源


dentist 牙科医生

来自词根dent, 牙齿。

英文词源


dentist
dentist: [18] Dentist was borrowed from French dentiste, and at first was ridiculed as a highfalutin foreign term: ‘Dentist figures it now in our newspapers, and may do well enough for a French puffer; but we fancy Rutter is content with being called a tooth-drawer’, Edinburgh Chronicle 15 September 1759. It was a derivative of French dent ‘tooth’, which goes back via Latin dēns to an Indo-European base *dont-, *dent-, source also of English tooth. Other English descendants of Latin dēns include dental [16] and denture [19].
=> indent, tooth
dentist (n.)
1759, from French dentiste, from dent "tooth," from Latin dens (see tooth) + -ist.
Dentist figures it now in our newspapers, and may do well enough for a French puffer, but we fancy Rutter is content with being called a tooth-drawer ["Edinburgh Chronicle," Sept. 15, 1759].
Tooth-drawer is attested from late 14c.

双语例句


1. A dentist may decide to extract the tooth to prevent recurrent trouble.
牙医可能会决定拔掉那颗牙,以免反复发作。

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2. Think of the clammy hands you get when you visit the dentist!
想想你去看牙医时那双黏糊糊的手!

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3. The dentist commenced to dig, drill and finally fill the offending tooth.
牙医开始在那颗有问题的牙齿上挖洞,钻孔,直到最后把它补好。

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4. About 26 million people are not registered with a dentist.
大约2,600万人没有在牙医处登记。

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5. It's worse than being at the dentist's.
这比呆在牙科诊所里还要糟糕。

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