Word · Frequency #7906
dentals
动物牙齿清洁；洁牙
dentals is the plural of dental.
核心释义
A cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth
- 1.
动物牙齿的清洁和抛光。
Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
- 2.
舌尖靠近齿龈发出的辅音
a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
- 3.
齿音；舌尖音。
A dental sound.
齿音；舌尖齿龈音；动物牙齿的清洁和抛光。；舌尖靠近齿龈发出的辅音；齿音；舌尖音。；牙齿的
用法In use
In phonetics, the sounds /t/ and /d/ are dentals.
用法提示：这里“dental”用作名词，复数形式“dentals”表示齿音。
The teacher explained that a dental is produced by placing the tongue against the upper teeth.
用法提示：这里“dental”用作单数名词，指代齿音这个类别。
Many languages have both dentals and alveolars.
用法提示：这里“dentals”是复数形式，与“alveolars”并列。
get [animal] a dental
在兽医语境中，a dental 指为动物清洁和抛光牙齿，是一种可数名词用法。
The vet recommended that we get the cat a dental.
兽医建议我们给猫做一次洁牙。
[consonant] is a dental
在这个义项中，dental 是语音学术语，指舌尖靠近上牙龈发出的辅音。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- have a dental
- 接受洁牙
- My cat has a dental once a year.我的猫每年接受一次洁牙。
- routine dental
- 常规洁牙
- The vet recommends a routine dental for older dogs.兽医建议年龄较大的狗做常规洁牙。
- voiceless dental
- 清齿音
- The voiceless dental is pronounced with the tongue tip against the upper teeth.清齿音发音时舌尖抵住上齿。
- true dentals
- 真正的齿音
- Spanish has true dentals, while English usually has alveolars.西班牙语有真正的齿音，而英语通常有齿龈音。
近义词
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想：dental 像 dentist（牙医），联想到给动物洁牙；同时舌尖靠近齿龈发出的辅音就叫齿音。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：兽医/宠物护理中的牙齿清洁、语言学/语音学中的辅音分类 作为名词时，“dental”通常用于专业或技术语境：在兽医或宠物护理中指清洁和抛光动物牙齿；在语音学中指齿音（舌尖靠近齿龈发出的辅音）。日常口语中较少单独使用，更常用“teeth cleaning”或“dental consonant”等说法。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Dental rhymes with mental, rental, accidental, and fundamental because they all end in /-ɛntəl/ with the same stressed vowel and following sounds. Be careful with lookalikes such as total (/ˈtoʊtəl/) and vital (/ˈvaɪtəl/), which are spelled with -tal but have different vowel sounds and do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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