dental
dental — 形容詞
1. connected with the hard white structures in the mouth that people use for biting
牙齒的
與牙齒或牙科醫療有關的
connected with the hard white structures in the mouth that people use for biting and chewing, or with the medical care of these structures.
Nala brushes her teeth every morning and night for good dental health.
Nala 每天早晚刷牙以維持良好的牙齒健康。
collocation: dental health
The dental clinic on Main Street is open on Saturdays for emergencies.
主街上的牙科診所週六開門處理急診。
collocation: dental clinic
Lan's dental insurance covers two professional cleanings per year.
Lan 的牙科保險每年給付兩次專業洗牙。
After the cycling accident, Tanvi needed emergency dental treatment.
自行車事故後，Tanvi 需要緊急牙科治療。
- oral
broader — covers the whole mouth, not just teeth (oral hygiene vs. dental hygiene)
文法句型
dental + noun
用法筆記
Dental in this sense is almost always used before a noun. You can say dental care or dental appointment, but it is not used after a linking verb (*This care is dental).
常見錯誤
2. describes a type of spoken sound for which the tongue presses against or nearly
齒音的
舌尖接觸上門齒發出的語音
describes a type of spoken sound for which the tongue presses against or nearly touches the top front row of teeth.
Bilal mastered the dental /θ/ sound by practising in front of the mirror every day.
Bilal 每天對著鏡子練習，終於學會了齒音 /θ/。
dental + /θ/ sound
A phonetics tutor showed Noa how to tell dental consonants apart from alveolar ones.
一位語音學家教教 Noa 如何區分齒輔音與齒齦音。
collocation: dental consonant
Ife's Cantonese teacher explained that neither /θ/ nor /ð/ are dental sounds in Chinese.
Ife 的粵語老師解釋說，/θ/ 和 /ð/ 在中文裡都不是齒音。
Harper noticed that the /t/ in Italian sounds softer because it is a dental stop.
Harper 注意到義大利語的 /t/ 聽起來比較軟，因為它是一個齒塞音。
文法句型
dental + noun (consonant, sound, fricative, stop)
用法筆記
This is a technical term used in phonetics and language teaching. It appears before the noun it modifies: dental consonant, dental fricative, dental stop. A dental sound contrasts with sounds made at other places of articulation, such as bilabial (lips) or alveolar (gum ridge).
常見錯誤
dental — 名詞
1. a consonant that belongs to the phonological class of speech sounds produced wit
齒音
舌尖抵住上門齒發出的子音
a consonant that belongs to the phonological class of speech sounds produced with the tongue against the upper front teeth.
Otis labelled all the dentals in the phonetic transcription of the Turkish sentence.
Otis 在土耳其語句子的語音轉寫中標出了所有齒音。
plural: dentals
During a Spanish tutoring session, Ignacio learned that /t/ is a dental, not an alveolar.
在一次西班牙語家教課上，Ignacio 學到 /t/ 是齒音，而非齒齦音。
Hyun transcribed the dentals from the recording for his linguistics assignment.
Hyun 從錄音中轉寫出齒音，完成他的語言學作業。
Élise was surprised that Hindi has four different dentals in its consonant system.
Élise 驚訝地發現印地語的輔音系統中有四種不同的齒音。
- dental consonant
the full technical term; clearer for beginners than dental alone
文法句型
a dental / the dental / dentals
用法筆記
This countable noun is mainly used in phonetics textbooks and linguistics courses. The plural form dentals refers to the whole class of such sounds. Do not use it to mean 'a dentist' or 'dental treatment.'