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see a dentist
You should see a dentist if you have a toothache.
如果你牙疼，应该去看牙医。
牙医
dentists — plural of dentist
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
牙医
dentist
You should see a dentist if you have a toothache.
如果你牙疼，应该去看牙医。
专门研究牙齿的医生。
A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.
有资格从事牙科的人
a person qualified to practice dentistry
I have a toothache, so I made an appointment with my dentist.
我牙疼，所以约了牙医。
The dentist told me to brush my teeth twice a day.
牙医告诉我要每天刷两次牙。
My sister wants to become a dentist when she grows up.
我妹妹长大后想当牙医。
You should see a dentist if you have a toothache.
如果你牙疼，应该去看牙医。
I need to go to the dentist for a check-up.
我需要去看牙医做检查。
She has a dentist appointment at 3 p.m.
她下午三点有个牙医预约。
He works as a dentist in a local clinic.
他在当地一家诊所做牙医。
Not this
I need to see dentist.
Use this
I need to see a dentist.
中文学习者常忽略冠词。dentist 是可数名词单数，在泛指时需加不定冠词 a，或特指时加定冠词 the。
Not this
I have a dentist appointment at 3.
Use this
I have a dental appointment at 3.
dentist 是名词，不能直接修饰 appointment。正确应使用形容词 dental 表示'牙科的'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
看牙医
You should see a dentist if you have a toothache.
如果你牙痛，应该去看牙医。
去看牙医
I go to the dentist twice a year.
我每年去看两次牙医。
牙医预约
I have a dentist appointment at 3 PM.
我下午三点有一个牙医预约。
牙科诊所
The dentist's office is on the second floor.
牙科诊所位于二楼。
牙科治疗椅
The patient sat in the dentist chair.
病人坐在牙科治疗椅上。
牙钻
The sound of the dentist drill makes me nervous.
牙钻的声音让我紧张。
我是一名牙医，而且我会成为一名牙医！
The dentist pulled out my tooth yesterday.
牙医昨天拔了我的牙。
Use dentists naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
dentist中的dent像牙齿凹洞，牙医就是补洞的人。
通常用于正式或医疗语境，如医院、牙科诊所。
All of these words share the spelling ending '-ist', but they do not rhyme with 'dentist' because their stressed vowels differ (/ɑːr/, /aɪ/, /ɜːr/, /iː/, /ɛ/, /ʊ/ vs. /ɛ/). Only words with the same stressed vowel /ɛ/ and following sounds would be true rhymes, such as 'dentist' with 'trentist' (rare). These lookalikes are useful for spelling patterns but not for pronunciation matching.
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