toothache

toothache — 名詞

1. pain that you feel in a tooth or in several of your teeth, usually because of de

1.名詞A2
釋義

牙痛

牙齒因蛀牙或感染引起的疼痛

pain that you feel in a tooth or in several of your teeth, usually because of decay, infection, or injury

例句

Eve had a terrible toothache and could not eat anything cold.

Eve 牙痛得很厲害，沒辦法吃任何冷的東西。

collocation: have + a + toothache

Darius went to the dentist because he kept getting toothaches after meals.

Darius 因為飯後經常牙痛，所以去看牙醫。

collocation: get + toothaches (repeated instances)

同義詞
  • dental pain

    more formal and clinical; used by dentists and in medical writing

  • tooth pain

    more literal; describes the sensation without the idiomatic compound form

文法句型

have + a + toothache

get + toothaches

suffer from + toothache

用法筆記

Frequently used in the singular with the article 'a' (I have a toothache). The plural form 'toothaches' is also common when referring to separate episodes. Some British English speakers occasionally omit the article (I have toothache), but this is rare in American English.

常見錯誤

❌My toothache is very big.
✅My toothache is very bad.
💡pain is described with 'bad', 'severe', 'terrible', or 'intense', not 'big'.
❌I have a teethache.
✅I have a toothache.
💡the compound word keeps 'tooth' in singular even when multiple teeth hurt.