- 1aB2
/ˈdentl/
connected with teeth.
牙齒的；牙科的
核心畫面
This is the adjective English reaches for whenever teeth are the topic in a professional setting — the clinic, the insurance form, the health . Ordinary conversation just says tooth (a tooth problem); dental is what appears once the context turns official.
可以想成：只要話題牽涉到牙齒，而且場合是專業的——診所、保險單、衛教手冊——英文就會拿出這個形容詞。日常聊天直接說 …更多收起
可以想成：只要話題牽涉到牙齒，而且場合是專業的——診所、保險單、衛教手冊——英文就會拿出這個形容詞。日常聊天直接說 tooth 就好（a tooth problem）；一旦進入正式或專業的語境，用的就是 dental。所以它幾乎只出現在名詞前面，形成固定的搭配。原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
dentaladj/ˈdɛn.təl/
- 1
Of or concerning the teeth.
- dental care
- 2
dentistrymedicinesciencesOf or concerning dentistry.
- 3
human-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsArticulated with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or with the blade of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, so that the tip of the tongue rests near the teeth.
- dental fricative
- 4
human-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsArticulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.
dentalnoun/ˈdɛn.təl/
- 1
biologymedicinenatural-sciencesCleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
- 2
human-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsA dental sound.
- 'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。