If you are gap-toothed, you have a clear space between two teeth, most often the front ones. It names only that space.

If you are gap-toothed如果你是gap-toothed， you have a clear space between two teeth表示你兩顆牙齒之間有明顯的空隙， most often the front ones通常是門牙。It names only that space它指的就只是那個空隙。

It is not the same as buck-toothed (teeth that stick out) and not the same as a tooth that has just fallen out. Some people are born with a gap; some get one because a tooth is small or the jaw is wide. Many people like the look; it is not automatically a fault.

It is not the same as buck-toothed它跟buck-toothed不一樣 (teeth that stick out)（牙齒往外凸）， and not the same as a tooth that has just fallen out也跟剛掉了一顆牙不一樣。Some people are born with a gap有些人天生就有這個縫； some get one because a tooth is small or the jaw is wide有些人是因為牙齒小或下巴寬才有的。Many people like the look很多人喜歡這個樣子； it is not automatically a fault這不代表就是缺陷。

Though actually, the older English was gat-tothed, 'gate-toothed', as if the gap were a little gate, and gap later took the place of gate in the compound.

Though actually不過其實， the older English was gat-tothed, 'gate-toothed'比較舊的英文寫法是gat-tothed，也就是『gate-toothed（門的牙縫）』， as if the gap were a little gate把那個縫想成一扇小門， and gap later took the place of gate in the compound後來gap才取代了這個複合字裡的gate。

Chaucer even treated a gap in the teeth as a sign of a bold, loving nature. That is old story-telling about character, not a fact about teeth.

ChaucerChaucer（喬叟）， even treated a gap in the teeth甚至把牙縫， as a sign of a bold, loving nature當成大膽又多情性格的象徵。That is old story-telling about character這是舊時代對性格的一種說故事方式， not a fact about teeth不是關於牙齒的事實。