1. 1

    A thin string used to clean between your teeth, where a toothbrush can't reach — dentists (teeth doctors) recommend using it every day. As a verb, 'to floss' means to clean your teeth with this string. There's also 'candy floss,' the British word for the sweet, light, sugary treat spun at fairs, which Americans call cotton candy.

    牙線;(動詞)用牙線潔牙;candy floss = 棉花糖 (英式說法)

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原始詞典資料14 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。

flossnoun詞源 1/flɒs/

  • 1

    A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.

  • 2

    Raw silk fibres.

  • 3

    The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.

  • 4

    Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other.

    • embroidery floss
  • 5

    Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".

  • 6

    A body feather of an ostrich.

    • Flosses are soft, and grey from the female and black from the male.
  • 7

    A dance move in which the dancer repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back of their body to the front, on each side.

flossverb詞源 1/flɒs/

  • 1

    To clean the area between (the teeth) using floss.

    • I don't floss very often.
    • I floss my teeth twice a day.
  • 2

    slangTo show off, especially by exhibiting one's wealth or talent.

    • As the label's name no doubt implies, these rappers aren't your typical crew, even if they still like to floss and represent their city.
    • “Ms. Jackson” is probably the most sensitive—and realistic—take on relationships to come out of hip-hop, while “Red Velvet” cautions would-be playas against pushing the floss envelope around “dirty boys” just waiting for a chance to add some gray flecks to that fur.
  • 3

    To perform the floss dance move.

flossnoun詞源 2/flɒs/

  • 1

    A small stream of water.

  • 2

    Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.

flossnoun詞源 3/flɒs/

  • 1

    The common rush (Juncus effusus).

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資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。