- 1n/ˈtuːθpeɪst/牙膏
a thick, soft substance that you squeeze out of a tube onto a toothbrush and use to clean your teeth.
toothpaste 就是刷牙時擠在牙刷上的那條白白的、軟軟的東西。它的字面可以想成 tooth（牙齒）＋ paste（濃稠、黏黏的糊狀物，像 tomato paste 番茄糊），所以整個字就像「給牙齒用的膏」。英文裡 toothpaste 是不可數的，所以要數的時候是數包裝：a tube of toothpaste（一條牙膏）。
示範例句 · Example
Mei put a little toothpaste on her toothbrush and started brushing.
中文翻譯美放了一點牙膏在她的牙刷上然後開始刷。
常見搭配
a tube of toothpaste
一條牙膏
one container of toothpaste
There's still one tube of toothpaste left in the cupboard.
squeeze the toothpaste
擠牙膏
to press the tube so that toothpaste comes out
Ren squeezed the toothpaste from the bottom of the tube.
put toothpaste on a toothbrush
把牙膏擠到牙刷上
to place toothpaste onto the brush before brushing
Put a little toothpaste on your toothbrush first.
run out of toothpaste
牙膏用完了
to use all the toothpaste you had, so there is none left
We ran out of toothpaste this morning.
a toothpaste tube
牙膏管、牙膏軟管
the soft container that toothpaste comes in
Aisha rolled up the empty toothpaste tube and put it in the bin.
意思相近
tooth powderdentifrice
core核心畫面
From the word’s history
Compound of tooth + paste.
由 tooth「牙齒」加 paste「膏」組成。
A picture you already know: the tube by the sink, and the soft white line you squeeze onto a toothbrush. The word is simply its two parts stuck together — tooth + paste, a paste for your teeth — so the meaning is visible on the surface of the word itself.
意思相近
tooth powderdentifrice
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
toothpastenoun/ˈtuːθpeɪst/
- 1
A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth.
- fluoride toothpaste
- whitening toothpaste
toothpasteverb/ˈtuːθpeɪst/
- 1
To cover, or smear, with toothpaste.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。